So close to finishing our dossier!  Hoping to have the final pieces of it in the mail to us by tomorrow, so that we can send it off to be apostilled.  Our I-600A was received by USCIS on November 24th and is on its way to the National Benefits Center in Missouri.  Hoping to hear about our fingerprint appointments before the holidays.  From everything I've read, the timeline for an appointment can be as quick as a week to as long as a couple months!  While waiting, and waiting some more, I've been reading a lot about the history of the Marshall Islands and trying to learn a little Marshallese.  Have I mentioned that I'm a bit of a nerd?  I'm reading Bravo For The Marshallese which is very informative and very well written, but also very sad and more than a little disheartening.  The U.S. has not been the kindest to the Marshallese and still has not taken responsibility for many of the effects of the nuclear testing program on their health and the environment.  Shame on us!  I'm also reading Don't Ever Whisper, by Darlene Keju which is a little harder to get into as the writing is a bit scattered.  Regardless, both excellent educational pieces about the Marshall Islands and the nuclear program there. I have also been loading up my Kindle with some fiction reads for when we are in Majuro.  With a new baby as well as our two young daughters in tow, I'm not sure how much time we will have to read, but hey, I can dream, right?