"I'd rather be in a long distance relationship with him than be without him."

My relationship with Sam since the time we met has been a long distance relationship until I moved to England in March of 2011. He has been the greatest thing that's ever happened to me and I am so thankful to have him.

Like I said in my first post, a lot of people didn't understand why I had a long distance relationship with a guy all the way in the UK. Therefore, to shut them up, I would tell them "I would rather be with Sam in a long distance relationship than be without him!" Things you do for love.  

To this day I have no regrets about any of it! Throughout those precious years I focused on school, work, enjoying time with my family and I maintained a wonderful relationship with Sam.

Sam came to visit me, I went to visit him, he came back to America, I flew back to England, then we got engaged. This went on for many years. 

Around the end of 2009 I decided to stop going to college. A mistake to some but not to me, I can always go back to school in the future anyways. It was decided that I would move to England someday. So I continued to work waitressing at the country club that I worked at. My boss gave me extra hours and because of it I was able to save up money to move to another country.  :-D

I applied for my fiance visa at the end of 2010 in November to be exact. I applied via post to the UK Embassy in New York City. My fiance visa was issued on February 28, 2011. I was ecstatic! Within weeks later I quickly packed two huge suitcases, 1 carry on, and I brought one huge bag on the plane with me in March of 2011. Before I moved over I sent Sam up to 4 boxes of personal things that would not fit in my suitcases. I only did this because I wanted it to feel like home when I moved here. 

I finally moved to the UK on March 15, 2011. (Next month will be a year of living here and I really can't believe how fast it has flew by!!)

Once I moved here I was not able to work or anything like that. That was okay at first because I had a wedding to plan. Although in 2010 I planned some things out it wasn't until January 2011 that I started to really plan everything. I could have lost my mind because that only left me with 4 months to get everything ready!

*I will write a post some other night detailing what my wedding was like, share photos and more!*

Thanks to the help of our family and friends our wedding on the 20th of May 2011 was a fairytale success! Approximately 10 of my immediate family and friends from back home travelled over to England for it. Funny thing is it was also the first time my parents and Sam's parents met in person for the first time! Everything was perfect and it was nice having my family see what my life over here is going to be like. I can not wait for them to come back!

Soon after the wedding I got busy in preparing documentation for my second visa. This visa would be my second visa a.k.a Spousal Visa (Further Leave to Remain). Once issued it is good for two years and throughout this time period I am allowed to work, etc. I applied for it in person at a public enquiry office of the UK Embassy in my area on the 18th of July 2011 and it was approved that same day. Best service ever, it was incredibly straightforward, and the staff there were extremely kind and helpful. Come 2013 I will be applying for my Indefinite Leave to Remain there. Wish me luck on that one folks..I worry about it now but I know it will go fine, but for that I need to pass a Life in the UK test first which I plan to take at the very beginning of 2013. So I will be writing more about that when it comes to that.

Well I must get going now. I will try to write more tomorrow maybe just post some photos. Then I'll get to talking about my time here thus far, my driving experience, my friends here, and everything else.