The U Haul Here

Okey, you're probably wondering what's going on? Why did we U-Haul all my stuff down into the United States? Well, as we have said, I'm Canadian and Jon's American. When we got married in Canada, we had to decide where we were eventually going to live. We finally decided to try Indiana, since it seemed that the Canadian Immigration procedure would take longer than American Immigration. Well, as you can tell, it wasn't longer. It took a year for me to finally get my Immigrant Visa. People also thought that since I was married to Jon, that I was automatically a dual citizen. WRONG! We had to fly back and forth from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada about three times just because no one told us exactly what papers to bring.
The first time, I got her fingerprints done and was treated like cattle. The second was an interview in which I was sent home without a visa, because no one told me to fill out a certain form to protect the United States against another welfare case. The third time, we finally got my visa, but it was hellish timing. We had to wait more than three hours to get it, had little money for food, and were as tired as hell.
Meanwhile, I had reluctantly dropped out of Pharmacy school and worked for a gas station, because Jon couldn't work in Canada, and he couldn't go back to Indiana without me. When we finally got my visa, we learned we needed $1000 to pay for the U-Haul. By now, we were broke, depressed, hopeless and tired. We had lived 50 years all in 1. Jon's mom lent us the money, and we were off.

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I made a point to take some memorable notes on our voyage, even though I ended up sleeping alot. There were some funny moments!

November 2 11:15 a.m. 2630.9 miles on the odometer
weather-overcast. we're listening to 630 CHED on the radio and some boring
computer show is on. we think stacey would like to hear it since she's a
junkie. we left an hour ago. Haydee's friend averil phoned, her mom cried.
Her dad said "don't fight like we do." jon said "i don't think that's
possible." haydee had a granola bar, doesn't miss edmonton yet, and has
bad posture.

2649.9
saw our first hitchhiker

12:00 noon. 2973.1
put the first tape in the tape player. we had dubbed a bunch of books on
tape from the library just to pass the time. the frst one: i'm only one
man by regis philbin. what a way to start huh?

2682.1
the  batteries (brand new) don't work in the tape player. we're pissed and
have to listen to the damn news station again.

1:50 p.m. loydminister 2745.1
had dairy queen for lunch. bought new batteries for the damn tape player &
it works! listening to regis. crossed from alberta to saskatchewan (sp?)

2776.4 payton, sask.
passed a disgusting looking campground where only the cheap & desperate
would stay.

2808.9 2:56 battleford
saw a u-haul going the other way. jon waves and they honk.

3:10 oops i mean 4:10 (time change) 2821.8 battleford
bought 58 dollars worth of gas at a full service station. Man, we're poor.
put in the second regis tape.

6:00 p.m. saskatoon time. it's dark
we were going to stay at a days inn...but we spotted a travelodge. the
one we stayed at in vanvouver was utterly disgusting. we decided to gamble
and stay at the one here. we were amazed. the lobby was beautiful. looked
like a five star hotel. the rooms were 100% better than before. had dinner
at the resturant downstairs....food was kinda bland. the room was only $66
and the one in vancouver was $100! also, the keys were credit cards and
not regular keys.


NOVEMBER 3
7:45 a.m. saskatoon time. 2902.0
checked out and left the hotel. cold, cold cold!

9:27 a.m. 2983.0
got $43 worth of gas. haydee wakes up in time to see the gas attendant who
looks no more than 15 years old. the kid even checks the oil.

9:45
hit 3000 miles on the odometer. now listening to the fourth k by mario
puzo.

11:40 yorkton, sask.
get $37 in gas and had really disgusting KFC for lunch.

12:16 3114.9
haydee broke tape player. "I DID NOT!"

12:41 3139.1
haydee fixes tape player. the wet naps from KFC were butt dry so jon spits
some water onto it. haydee turns on tape player, doesn't work. OOPS, she
forgot to put the batteries back into it. saw a dead dog the torso was
open and two birds were eating the insides. we bitch about the guy at KFC
who: A. messed up our order three times. B. picked his nose with his
thumb. C. ran his fingers through his hair D. had 2 holes in his shirt. E.
looked like he was about 17  F. was a little tubby, haydee's eating the rest
of jon's stuff to stay awake.

1:07 p.m. 3164.1
hit manitoba. the roads are icky.

1:16 p.m. 3171.1
jon stops abruptly. haydee thinks there's something wrong. she looks out at
the rear view mirror. she sees jon peeing into the bush beside the road.
oh my gosh! he's marking his territory & pissed on canada!

3253.9
jon goes pee pee at a rest stop (the first we've seen) it stunk and was
full of grafitti.

5:02 minnedosa, manitoba 3259.2
got #38 in gas. haydee almost forgot to put gas cap back on.

6:00 3407.5 hit winnipeg
circled for a bit, got #36 in gas. couldn't find a place. finally stayed
at a comfort inn for $62.70. jon nearly peed in his pants because he had
to go so bad. haydee accidently  flashed 3 people by taking her clothes off
without closing the curtain.  She was a BAD GIRL.

NOVEMBER 4 8:28 a.m. 3441.4
left the comfort inn at 7:45. got some oil.

9:22 a.m. 3465.7
hit the border. they went over haydee immigration stuff and DIDN'T EVEN
check the truck!!! we're amazed. thank you Lord.

9:25 a.m.
jon plays "living in america" by james brown on the tape player and says
"if they ever change the national anthem, they should make this it...it
would liven up the olympics!" whatta dork.
.

3612.0 11:49 a.m. rest area in north dakota.
jon moons haydee and the rest of the USA weather is sunny 
in fargo. had burger king for lunch, jon got a 
cherry coke (which they don't
 have in canada) at the gas station along with $30 in gas

12:10 crossed into minnesota. fargo is small!

3686.1 1:35 p.m.
pee at rest area in minnesota. find out they have a state muffin:
blueberry. why? who knows. tape= claiming of sleeping beauty...kinky
stuff. haydee hasn't gotten her period yet but states "it smells like it
should come soon." jon grosses out at the thought of that.

2:56 3760.9 melrose, mn
got gas at phillips 66. lady was confused about our esso credit card

5:30 p.m. oh no. we hit minneapolis/st. paul. it's dark, raining like mad,
& rush hour. jon somehow gets us through it without dying.

6:30 3890.0 hudons, wisconsin
at comfort inn. it's expensive & nothing seems to work. jon watches nitro,
raw, & howard stern. he's happy. haydee's butt hurts from the u-haul.
still raining. had pizza for dinner. sting has the same makup as the
crow...can the maker of the crow sue sting?

NOVEMBER 5
7:08 a.m.
cloudy & colder & fog. leaving comfort inn cost 52.03! haydee's tooth hurt
all night. slept for only an hour. got $20 in gas.

10:28 a.m. 4059.2 haydee wakes up and pees at mcdonalds.

12:26 4161.1
stopped in janesville for gas & food. had fazoli's for lunch.

4312.9 4:31 indiana time.
we survived chicago. jon didn't want to take the sky way so we went around
the city. almost got killed when a damn trucker didn't see us. went on
toll roads. haydee didn't like them but oh well. never want to drive in
chicago again! stopped at a rest stop, jon had a malt form baskin robbins
& got gas. we compared praying techniques. haydee prayed all through
chicago. we both say "excuse me lord" if we get intrupted when praying.
jon says "sorry about that" when he comes back, haydee doesn't. haydee's
whole body hurts.

6:05 p.m. 4409.5
finally in south bend. jon's mom hugged haydee...and somehow she survived
it.

we're here....thank god.

Here are some hints that may be helpful if you're going to go through immigration!

• Our hell
• INS-US Immigration and Naturalization Service
• US Border Patrol - listings in Yahoo on this topic
• Credit Crossroads - You'll need a ton of money for immigration, so get those credit cards and watch yourself go bankrupt!
• Immigration Services- if you have the money to pay!

And what did we learn from all this?

Now that we're here, what's been going on? Well, I met Jon's family.... and that's about it. I haven't been able to find a suitable job yet, and it gets even more depressing. We have been way behind on all the bills we have collected over the 2 years from Immigration, depression, and just plain stupidity. I have school loans that are demanding payment and a few other people I have to repay.
Jon has finally found a permanent job at United Airlines and we are slowly paying off our debt. I have been very lonely, though, and I miss all my friends. I have also been thinking about writing our biography, because our lives have been very exciting and yet tiring and depressing at the same time. The only think not depressing is that our marriage is wonderful. Yes, we are poor, but we are happy with eachother. If you really want to know how we met, just email us and ask. It's kinda interesting and neat and really unbelievable, but it happens!