[Dawn]

30th Aug
Checked immi site again this morning and yes there was an update but it was very anti-climax. It said, on the matter of those being drawn from the pool, 'all EOI's with 140 points or more'. Is that it? IS THAT IT? No, 'Dawn Marron and Gary Lingard we are vair vair excited and honoured to receive your application and wish you to submit all of your details as soon as possible because we are weeing ourselves in anticipation of having you as residents in our country.' That's what I thought it would say, that's what I was hoping to see. But no! Not even a mention of our names. So now I guess we just have to sit tight and wait alongside all other minions until we hear whether they want to take our application further, I do of course mean, THAT they want to take our applications further.

In the meantime we are still waiting for all test results to return so that we can put in these bleeding work permit applications. Bloody bloody hell. I feel so like so much stuff is out of my control and I do not like it one little bit.

The kids had their medicals yesterday because we can't put in their applications to study until their medical results are through. Lauren was so so upset because she had to have the ode needly in her veinies. She was ready for punching the nurse who did it as the needle nearly chopped her arm off and she nearly died from loss of blood right there in the pvc covered chair. I had to rescue her in a motherly fashion and prevent her from slipping into unconsciousness from a mixture of blood loss and ire at the nurses ineptness. Everything was alright in the end and we managed to keep it from making front page news, the nurse however may not psychologically recover from the experience.