Residency is Progressing

[stormdog]

Miriam and I submitted our application for her to sponsor me for residency in April. Last week, we finally got what's called AOR or acknowledgement of receipt, the first step in the process. I need a medical exam for the next step, and I just had a short, rather racist interaction with the medical office. The receptionist said things like "Yours is the easiest name I've had to spell all day", and "you speak English really well!" When I said I was from the US, she said something like "Thank god." I can't actually remember exactly what she said because when people say things that make me uncomfortable, I sometimes have fuzzy memories of the details around the event. They'll call back today or tomorrow to set up my appointment, so that whole thing is progressing.