Saturday, November 22, 2008

It's good to be American

So after all the trouble I had with an abusive husband who drank, gambled and slept with other women behind my back, And a year of waiting I decided it was time to leave China.
I lost my baby, but I have the older 4 kids with me and we are in LA, California. I am glad it is finally over now. I am free and I can start a new life with my kids and get back on my feet. I have some living assistance to tied us over untill I get a job and I have accompished much in the 2 days we have been here. I found an apartment and applied for food stamps and tomorrow I will turn in all my paperwork and get the kids immunizations updated and enroll them into school. Then I can look for work.
We took the bus for the first time today and I am finally moving up to wireless internet, I think I like it better than the land line version so far.
The kids are very excited to be here. And with everything being so new I have to pay attention to every detail the taxi drivers do so that I can find my way around better.
The repatriation loan is around $5,000 USD. But I feel confident that I can pay it back. I will be filing for divorce and then going to court to fight for custody of my baby who is still in Taiwan.