Addendum to the shape of our future

Someone made a surprised comment that we're still planning on moving to the U.S., so I thought I'd better explain that.

We've already bought our plane tickets to fly out of Abuja on January 27! After an overnight flight to Malabo and then Frankfurt, we'll catch a flight to Chicago, where we have five hours of layover, and we end up in San Diego by about 18:00 on January 28. Since we've already bought these tickets, we're going, regardless of whether or not we have the diploma!

Although our plans may be pushed back a year as far as David's licensing, it's still in our best interest to go ahead and move now. David will be able to get better test prep in the States, and if we both have jobs, we can be saving a little money (hopefully!) for when he's a resident.

Then again, even though we still don't have David's diploma and probably will not be able to get a new one before we leave, we hope we will still be able to apply for David's exams, to be completed this spring and summer. We're not sure it's possible, but we're going to try anyway.

And the biggest reason for our continuing on as planned is that David's entry visa to the U.S. lasts six months. We knew that when we applied for the visa, and we are definitely seizing the chance to move as long as that lasts. If we stayed here and let the visa lapse, we'd have to start again from the very beginning, losing time, money, and sanity!

So we are still moving to San Diego in 3-1/2 weeks. We're still in need of housing, a car, and jobs. Kai. Thanks for all your support!

• See David's résumé on Yahoo HotJobs.
• See my résumé on Yahoo HotJobs.