July Referrals are here...

Referrals began arriving on Friday, and the CCAA has matched through Nov. 14, 2005. We are now 7 days closer to referral. Last month I mentioned that we could begin counting in months and no longer say a year, but I may have spoken too soon. Looking at recent trends, it still may be another year before we get our referral. It's hard to tell at this point. I was really hoping we would be traveling by next June so we won't have to renew fingerprints and the 171H, but it's not looking promising at this point. In any case, November is 1 day shy of halfway done, and that is the last huge month until March. Hopefully, they will get through December, January, and February a little faster than what it took to get through October and November. Then we make it to March, which is our month, so it will be all down hill from there. However, based on the trends of October and November, and the fact our LID is closer to the end of March, we will most likely be the third or fourth referral batch. Of course, I hope referrals go faster, but I'm preparing everyone (and me) for what to expect.

Until next month....