TexasTrack Blog

I've only got about 10 days of single life left! On May 5 I'll be with Mary Isabel again and we'll begin our lives together because then I won't be leaving her behind in Peru. She and I will arrive in the U.S. on May 8. We have to go through customs and immigration, of course, but they have already told me that it's just a matter of getting her arrival paperwork done -- nothing to worry about.

Right now she's high in the Andes again with her mother. She received her university diploma last week (after more than 2 months of trying to get it after finishing her studies) and is ready to be here. I can't reach her right now because her cell phone doesn't work in the mountain village where her family lives and they don't have a telephone. When she called for a few moments yesterday -- calls to the US are very expensive from there -- it was the first time we'd spoken in five days. That's the longest we've gone without talking since we first met. Pretty good considering we live over 4000 miles apart, huh?

Everything is all set now except for the house that is still not ready for her to arrive. A little more work to go with that. Okay...a lot more work, but who needs sleep? That's what I get for putting it off!

I've warned her about the UIL State meet and the thousands of people who will be there and the countless people who want to finally meet her. She's pretty intimidated already because she speaks only a few words of English, but I promised her that everyone will welcome her with nothing but smiles. I haven't told her about the tens of thousands who have seen her picture and know what she looks like. That might be a little too much.

We're both very excited and can't believe that the day that we've worked so hard to reach is nearly here. I can't wait to introduce her to all my wonderful friends.