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OK, we've set a date!
Ish, sorta.
Here's the itinerary for the wedding and activities this coming June/July, as best we have it for now. I'll update this post if/when anything changes.
Outward flight:
Return flight (or might fly direct back from US, depends) (updated):
We'll meet up in the airport, at the coffee shop on the far left of the terminal by the canadian arrivals, opposite door A on the pdf map.
Marriage will happen at some point within the 3 days after getting to Canada. We'll be staying at the Carlingview Airport Inn.
It'll be a registry office deal: we go in, we lay down some Canadian dollars, they tie the knot. Nothing fancy, but odds are we'll go out for a good meal afterwards.
Confirmed attendees:
Possible others:
Note to family: Money permitting, we'll try to throw a more "proper" do once we get to the UK. But if you want to be there at the "real" wedding in Canada, let me know and I'll sort out plane fares and rooms and stuff for ya!
All done in the first day apart form meeting GT! Gonna do that one tomorrow, then we'll maybe check out Niagara falls because we're SO WAY AHEAD of schedule.
Then to the border, where I shall try to cross.
At roughly this time, we shall probably also go to Niagara falls.
Then maybe to Chicago to drop off some paperwork at the British Consulate so we can start getting Heidi her indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Then to Wyoming, Minnesota to drop off Heidi's mom.
Then maybe to Mall of America.
Then maybe on to La Crosse, Wisconsin to pick up stuff from Heidi's.
Then all the way back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for Anthrocon, from the 2nd to 5th of July.
Then down to Austin, Texas to see DEP, of Furcadia fame, and all my friends from Furc who can make it, and if I can get in touch, Jon, an old colleague of mine. Maybe see the people from Domain of Heroes, too: they're based in the same area.
Then back to La Crosse, WI, visiting the Mall of America if we haven't already, and picking up the paperwork from Chicago if we dropped it off (because they can't mail it, apparently, and it takes days for them to do it).
Then most likely flying back direct from the US because I'm too lazy to go back to Canada, but we'll see whether I can get into the states first.
Happy to give people lifts to/from Anthrocon: odds are we'll be renting a car, so will have a spare couple seats. Since I can't guarantee that I'll get into the country, having someone else who can drive and able to share the job with Heidi would be cool. Not sure how/if the insurance would cover that, though, if she picked you up on the way.
At Anthrocon, we've arranged to roomshare with DEP (of Furcadia fame), so can't roomshare, I'm afraid.
[Note to self: we're badge numbers 930 and 931]
If you want to see us longer than just a quick "hi" and a meal, Anthrocon is definitely a much better place to meet up with us than Canada. And hey, it'll be my birthday on the 3rd, so you can buy me a drink!
Or if you're one of our friends in the UK, it's probably going to be a lot more fun (and cheaper!) for you to wait 'til we get back here, than spend the plane fare just to see us walk into a registry office, plonk down some money, and sign stuff.
Ish, sorta.
Here's the itinerary for the wedding and activities this coming June/July, as best we have it for now. I'll update this post if/when anything changes.
Depart London Heathrow Terminal 3, 24th June, 08:30Arrive Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Terminal 1, 24th June, 11:35
Return flight (or might fly direct back from US, depends) (updated):
- Depart Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Terminal 1, 14th July
18:3018:15, last check-in cut-off 17:15 - Arrive London Heathrow (LHR) Terminal 3, 15th July, 06:25
Marriage will happen at some point within the 3 days after getting to Canada. We'll be staying at the Carlingview Airport Inn.
It'll be a registry office deal: we go in, we lay down some Canadian dollars, they tie the knot. Nothing fancy, but odds are we'll go out for a good meal afterwards.
Confirmed attendees:
Nemo: witness.Heaven's Cat: witness.Heidi's mom: getaway driver.Ghost Tiger: fluffy tiger.
Al: best man?Sue: immoral support?
Note to family: Money permitting, we'll try to throw a more "proper" do once we get to the UK. But if you want to be there at the "real" wedding in Canada, let me know and I'll sort out plane fares and rooms and stuff for ya!
All done in the first day apart form meeting GT! Gonna do that one tomorrow, then we'll maybe check out Niagara falls because we're SO WAY AHEAD of schedule.
Then to the border, where I shall try to cross.
At roughly this time, we shall probably also go to Niagara falls.
Then maybe to Chicago to drop off some paperwork at the British Consulate so we can start getting Heidi her indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Then to Wyoming, Minnesota to drop off Heidi's mom.
Then maybe to Mall of America.
Then maybe on to La Crosse, Wisconsin to pick up stuff from Heidi's.
Then all the way back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for Anthrocon, from the 2nd to 5th of July.
Then down to Austin, Texas to see DEP, of Furcadia fame, and all my friends from Furc who can make it, and if I can get in touch, Jon, an old colleague of mine. Maybe see the people from Domain of Heroes, too: they're based in the same area.
Then back to La Crosse, WI, visiting the Mall of America if we haven't already, and picking up the paperwork from Chicago if we dropped it off (because they can't mail it, apparently, and it takes days for them to do it).
Then most likely flying back direct from the US because I'm too lazy to go back to Canada, but we'll see whether I can get into the states first.
Happy to give people lifts to/from Anthrocon: odds are we'll be renting a car, so will have a spare couple seats. Since I can't guarantee that I'll get into the country, having someone else who can drive and able to share the job with Heidi would be cool. Not sure how/if the insurance would cover that, though, if she picked you up on the way.
At Anthrocon, we've arranged to roomshare with DEP (of Furcadia fame), so can't roomshare, I'm afraid.
[Note to self: we're badge numbers 930 and 931]
If you want to see us longer than just a quick "hi" and a meal, Anthrocon is definitely a much better place to meet up with us than Canada. And hey, it'll be my birthday on the 3rd, so you can buy me a drink!
Or if you're one of our friends in the UK, it's probably going to be a lot more fun (and cheaper!) for you to wait 'til we get back here, than spend the plane fare just to see us walk into a registry office, plonk down some money, and sign stuff.
Weeee!
Hehe, Auora just showed this to me. Dates, yay! How exciting! :D
Looking forward to seeing you both!
--Nemo
Seriously, may be in Cleveland (5 hrs from Chicago) at some point - if so, might have to meet up so you can meet
Is Heidi Canadian?
Congratulations, btw! Are ye both living over here?
Much easier, then spending several YEARS trying to get all the visa paperwork in order, don't you think? We don't plan on living there, no, and we haven't really decided long term plans. I'm still in the USA, he's still in England, and we both still emo over each other like schoolchildren. XD
I'm sure I'll have to confront these issues at some later future stage...
Eventually we want to live together, of course! But it's just not feasible with the way immigration of both our countries work. If you google up about immigrating to the USA or UK... well, you'll understand why people are illegally entering the USA - it's easier to try and dodge bullets then to go through the paperwork.
This comic sums it up perfectly.
I guess dealing with bureaucracy just doesn't phase me that much. Then again, given where i work...
Ratty showed me your post and reading this made me so happy, after all this time you're gonna get married! I do hope so much that you won't have to wait much longer to be able to live together happily at last!
sp
after ponder and mc the third of my "adopted kids" is going to get married, YAY again!
Yeah, having read Mike's blog regarding him and his wife's struggle to get her a UK visa (to which she was legally entitled...) I can see where you're coming from. Makes you wonder why they bother when a marriage from another country is legally recognised anyway.
Catch you next time we're both in the same place geographically!
Hurray!
Big hugs
MS
About time too!
Re: About time too!
Re: About time too!
So where the heck are you? (Ghost Tiger)