Imminent Departure

To all of you who have persistently (and lovingly, to be sure) questioned us, “So, when are you moving to Spain?” and, “How’s the whole ‘Spain thing’ going?” and so on, well, I have an official answer for you. Next Thursday. There you go. It is official. I am at least 90% sure of it.*

What makes him so sure, you’re wondering. Well, the long-awaited FBI paperwork arrived, which certifies both Abby and me as non-criminals. The limiting step has been, uh, stepped. Abby will fly down to San Francisco again on Monday to deliver this critical information by hand to our friend Marta at the Spanish Consulate and then BAM they will stamp her passport—right then and there—with a residence visa for Spain. Then we’re golden. We figured in another day or so to finish packing and cleaning everything up, and then we’ll hop on a plane on Thursday.

Maybe two days...

I would like to take a moment to thank everybody who helped launch us out of our home country… I think you were all on our side…

But seriously, big thank-you’s to:

Steve

Nellie

Claro Partners

Our legal associate Maria

Marta, who is the best part of the entire Spanish Consulate

The FBI, even though you were very very slow, FBI

Leni, for watching our dog who, by the way, is very depressed about all of this

Max, for storing big boxes of our stuff he doesn’t know about yet

and the city of Las Vegas and the great state of Nevada.

To every one of you who persistently (and, I add, lovingly) inquired about when we were actually leaving for Spain, thank you too.

I’ll let you know as soon as we’re gone!

*I’ve learned very well not to count on anything when it comes to official proceedings like this. You will note that my visa has not been approved. That will take some months more. I will wait for it patiently in Barcelona and return to the US when it is ready. Makes sense, right?