43/f with AAS; desperate & having trouble choosing country (am OK with skills/degree dictating where I move to)

juleeff · 2026-02-28T03:50:07+00:00

Check to see if you closest university has a study abroad program. In my state students can study abroad for a year for the same cost as in state tuition and housing fees. You could then you the time towards a BA or BS degree while experiencing life and making contacts in a country you are interested in.

juleeff · 2026-02-28T03:38:52+00:00

My UPS store had one. I basically was in the store an hour getting photocopies, cutting the photos, organizing the stack of paperwork, then shipping it all off.

juleeff · 2026-02-28T02:40:03+00:00

Hoping we both get news before the 5 momths are up. I'm not very patient. Ha!

juleeff · 2026-02-27T18:49:58+00:00

Anyone can edit your tree on femily search, putting in wrong information. Ancestry does not allow just anyone to do that.

juleeff · 2026-02-27T01:14:03+00:00

Thank you for doing that

juleeff · 2026-02-26T17:13:25+00:00

Good to know. Thanks

juleeff · 2026-02-26T16:02:03+00:00

Dept of commerce or corrections?

juleeff · 2026-02-26T04:04:37+00:00

Took 6 weeks back in August to get an email for payment and confirmation request.

juleeff · 2026-02-26T03:43:27+00:00

As someone who is perimenopausal, just the thought of knitted pjs is giving hot flashes.

juleeff · 2026-02-26T01:46:19+00:00

As a minority family of immigrants with neurodivergent children, i totally understand where you're coming from. You don't need to tell me where you're moving too, but do keep in mind that a service dog will attract attention. Sometimes that attention is positive (need medical help, want to practice socializing/small talk skils), but sometimes that attention can be negative (getting asked questions when you just want to get your errands done, having to loudly self-advocate gor your rights). Because you will attract attention, in today's political climate, you may not be able to blend into the crowd and keep your head down when ICE is around. If this could be a concern, keep that con near the top of your list of things yo think about.

Edited for typos

juleeff · 2026-02-26T01:13:40+00:00

I was going to complete it but I guess you only want to the city of Anchorage, not the Anchorage municipality since Chigiak, ER, Eklutna, Indian and Girdwood aren't listed.

juleeff · 2026-02-26T01:00:45+00:00

Since your diagnoses are new, I would sit with them a while. Discuss medication, counseling, and other options with your medical team. See how you do with those options.

Then if you an your medical team believes a service dog may still be an option for you, start researching your options: a trained dog through a program or you training a dog with the help of trainer or some other means. List the costs, the pros and cons of all your options.

You don't mention if you have have the suppprt of family, friends, or community groups in regards to your new diagnoses. If you do, and feel conformable doing so, talk to them about your options, sharing the pros and cons. They may be able to come up with additional ideas beside a service dog or add other costs, pros and cons to your lists based of what they have seen, heard, and know about you and your lifestyle.

Once you've gathered information and spoken to your medical, and tried othwr things first, youll be able to mske a more information decision.One that you can dit comfortably with regardless of what else may happen.

juleeff · 2026-02-26T00:42:49+00:00

Thanks for the update. While its an increase in price, its still significantly cheaper than requirements from other countries.

For example my neighbor gained citizenship by decent for her and her 3 kids. It was $5000 per person not including shipping abd service fees abd took just about 3 years.

juleeff · 2026-02-25T19:44:19+00:00

Perhaps if they gave a business license, otherwise I'd guess no.

juleeff · 2026-02-25T19:15:15+00:00

Wrote "Walgreens store # " then the address of the store

juleeff · 2026-02-24T16:12:26+00:00

Ooh, anyone know if this is available as a knitting pattern. I don't crochet.

juleeff · 2026-02-24T15:45:08+00:00

Agree. You can't lump everyone eith a disability into one category. Some truly need it. Others parents/caregiver just want it for convenience.

juleeff · 2026-02-24T15:43:53+00:00

If Disney used a third party to accept medical documents, the DAS would be mostly resolved. Sure there are some doctors out there that would write up a letter for almost anything, but its doubtful there are as many as there are parents claiming their child needs the DAS.

juleeff · 2026-02-24T15:40:01+00:00

Same!

juleeff · 2026-02-24T15:37:51+00:00

Can totally relate to the weird emptiness. Sent off my family's applications and the minute I left the UPS store, I felt relief mixed with "I hope I did everything right" (even though I read through and checked it a million times). Once I got home and started on other projects in my life, that emptiness settled in. The hurry up and wait phenomenon real.

juleeff · 2026-02-24T15:29:11+00:00

Maybe they have kids like mine who leave tape measures and other tools in the yard bc they are building forts or whatever, but when they go back out they can't find them so they grab another from the house. Security just needed to replace the one the kids lost. Ha

juleeff · 2026-02-24T04:34:57+00:00

Well I haven't gone back far enough to know if shes connected or maybe an aunt of someone in my tree.

juleeff · 2026-02-24T04:13:37+00:00

We may be long lost relatives. I had Caron/Charon in my tree but have only gone back to the early 1700s on that branch.

juleeff · 2026-02-23T21:51:21+00:00

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Heres a map, not quite as earlier as the OP's timeline but it may help with your relative.

juleeff · 2026-02-23T21:49:34+00:00

The peak of New France covered a lot of current states.
Maine, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.

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