wispfox

I win the internet! Or something.

"Today we have received your positive skill assessment certificate. Your skills have been assessed to be suitable for migration under the ASCO code: 2231-15 Computer Professional (Software Designer).

Your Advisor will be in touch with you shortly to inform you on how we will be proceeding from here."

(not that I have any idea why I got labeled software designer instead of software tester)

Now, to start the Visa application process...

(why do I have no icon equivalent of 'YES!'?)

So. Sleepy.

I would really like this rash of lack of sunlight to stop. Also, I would like the rain to _happen_, rather than just taunt everyone by being all cloudy and misty.

Trying one ativan at bedtime and one when I wake up stupidly early sorta works. Except that I needed to be up before the second ativan had quite finished its job. This made for a very difficult morning, not helped by lack of sunlight.

Light box is coming out tonight. Dammit. It's not even my birthday yet, I should _NOT_ need the light box!

*decides that Boston is trying to encourage her to leave, what with the insanely cloudy winter last winter, and the early need for light box this year*

Oh! I do, in fact, have very high capability with the English Language. I needed a 7 ('proficient') and got 3 9s and an 8, with an overall score of 9. (9 is highest possible)

Yes, I really do know how to use the English language. The IELTS test results prove it! Oddly, the piece I got the 8 on? Reading. (I suspect that I know why; I hate those tests which tell you to label paragraphs according to the labels they have available, because I never would summarize them according to the available options)

This means that me turning 30 will not make me lower than the pass point for the visa for which I intend to apply, assuming that my skills are happily assessed as applicable.

Skills Assessment application confirmed as received. Now, up to 12 weeks until I know those results.

In order to stave off impatience and difficulty with transition states, who is surprised to learn that I'll start working on the visa application pieces now (already did some pieces, but no form filling)? Heh. Predictable, me. :)

I know, it was yesterday in your time zone, but I wish you a delightful birthday anyway.

( cut for excessive schmoop )

Skills assessment to be sent in on July 21st, Perm Visa to send application for in Sept, and various other things related to get done with appropriate timing makes for a very full brain.

So does having something new, interesting, but confusing to learn and then write a test plan for at work.

But my wrists still continue to allow for strength work while working a full-time week, as long as I'm not stupid and do too much over a weekend (even having done that a couple weekends ago, I still stayed out of flare). So wrists are hopeful. But they make it a lot harder for me to visit people, and to get to work when people go on vacation. And to keep in touch with people. But hopeful. :)

And I get to see a psychiatrist on Monday to see about being allowed to use the only meds which have actually helped me sleep (I will still have some nights when I can't, but nothing like without them) _every_ night, instead of every other.

ETA: headache of multiple days appears to have been congestion, FWIW, but also may have been related to sleeping poorly. Annoying.

Australia 2007 set reasonably well organized and updated with photos that jasra suggested, since it's really hard for me to pic photos when I've over 600 of them to choose from, and I took them all!

I've not gotten around to adding appropriate notes to explain some that need it. Feel free to do it yourself, or wait until I get around to it. :)