Life has been busy lately. Remember how I was complaining about work at the law firm being slow, well that was a bad idea. I am swamped with work now.
I actually just finished a Waiver Packet for this guy who has to go back to MX to adjust his status (he married a US citizen and entered without inspection) and it was A LOT of work but it felt good to finish it. This guy came when he was pretty young (16 or 17 I think) and he married his high school sweetheart... AWWWWWWW!!!!! Unfortunately their first born son is very sick right now, which sucks but it does give the guy a strong waiver. I was crying (YES CRYING) when I was copying his waiver packet. See... I'm a total cry-baby. I wasn't crying because I was feeling bad for myself though. I was crying because I really hope they let this guy come back. Plus, I have a soft spot for this case because I saw this case from the beginning stage (initial filing of the I-130) to his interview being scheduled in Ciudad Juarez. I worked on every aspect of his case, sooo... this is my "baby", hah.
I also joined a gym so I've been going to group classes all week. This kickboxing class totally kicked by ass on Tuesday, lol. OMG! I am sooo sore right now. Next week I'm going to try indoor cycling. This looks like a lot of fun.
I also bought the yarn to start my first knitting project. I got the basics down, so I think I am ready to knit my first scarf. Woo-hoooo!!
Umm... oh, yeah, I got a response from two of the places I wanted to volunteer at... I am referring to the response I got from the e-mails I sent asking if a SSN and/or driver's license # was necessary.
I will copy and paste the responses I got:
Response #1
Unfortunately, I have some bad news. As much as we'd really like to, because of state licensing regulations, we cannot accept volunteers without a SSN or driver's license, because we work with such little children. However, I know that there are some agencies out there that accept volunteers without that information--hopefully you can find a place to volunteer and make a difference. Thank you so much for your interest!
Response #2
Thanks for wanting to volunteer at Catholic Charities, unfortunately we do have to have a SSN in order to do a background check,
Thanks again.
So much for that!
Goshhh... even my volunteer attempts are rejected, lol. Who gets rejected as a volunteer? Apparently, I do.
Oh and this was the e-mail I sent.
Hello. I have a question about the requirements for the criminal background check. I would like to volunteer with your organization but I don't have a SSN or a driver's license. Is it still possible to run a criminal background check without any of that information?
I graduated from *** with a degree in Bilingual Education and I have a lot of free time on my hands right now. I volunteered with DISD to complete my internship/residency requirements for my undergraduate degree. I love working with kids but I'm unsure if I would be able to volunteer since I can't provide a SSN or driver's license number.
Hope you can answer my question. Thanks for your time and hope to hear from you soon.
Whatever!
With the holidays coming up maybe I can volunteer some place where I can wrap presents or something. Unless a SSN is needed to wrap presents.
:)
Ok... so I guess I'm being negative but at least I'm doing it in a happy way.
Umm....
what else...
Work at the restaurant has been DRAMATIC. Last week a co-worker, this new guy, and I made plans to hang out on Saturday night. Sunday the restaurant was buzzing with gossip over it. I actually didn't even go because my stupid car was giving me issues that day but my co-worker, one of her friends and the guy still went out and apparently a bunch of ppl. have been grilling her about the dinner. Then she tells me not to talk to the new guy anymore because of all the drama and today I get a text at 9am from another co-worker who is asking me all kinds of questions about this... who the hell cares if they went out for sushi and drinks after work!!! My gosh!!! How old are we again?
OH, and yesterday my ex-crush and I accidentally bumped into each other and he made this grunting noise and rolled his eyes as if I was annoying the heck out of him. Sorry that the restaurant is so small and it's inevitable that we will bump into each other!!! Why does he still make me feel like crap... even though I didn't do anything to him. I was just there... I will say it again, I hate boys!!
Thankfully tonight is girls-night-out!! We are going to a strip show, lol.... we will definitely have some laughs tonight.