Thursday, September 20, 2018

I have them!!!

A day before the "official" beginning of Autumn but it has already begun here several days ago. The various shades of brown, red, orange and yellow have appeared already and will only increase in the days coming. I like Autumn for it's changing of the colors. In Michigan where we live they were spectacular, here not quite so dramatic but still pretty.

I received news today the last documents have arrived in Pozna艅 post office and should be delivered in the next few days. It has been a long. Just now.................they have been delivered. The collection of the required documents, my and Joan's birth certificates, our marriage license, her marriage license to her first husband, all with apostille letters, took 5 months though the mail. All these documents were needed just to register my birth in the Polish Civil Registry BEFORE I could apply for Polish citizenship. Now it's time to return to that office and see if this is enough.

We went to Piotr & Pawe艂 to buy ground meat for hamburgers, lunch meat and bread and I was able to make the lady in the meat department smile by having her teach me how to say, "Please, grind 1/2 kilo of wo艂owina".

 Dzie艅 przed "oficjalnym" pocz膮tkiem jesieni, ale tutaj ona zacz臋艂a si臋 ju偶 kilka dni temu. R贸偶ne odcienie br膮zu, czerwieni, pomara艅czowego i 偶贸艂ci ju偶 si臋 pojawi艂y i b臋dzie ich przybywa膰 w nadchodz膮cych dniach. Lubi臋 jesie艅, bo zmienia kolory. W Michigan, gdzie mieszkali艣my by艂y widowiskowe, tutaj nie do ko艅ca osza艂amiaj膮ce, ale wci膮偶 艂adne.


Otrzyma艂em wiadomo艣膰, 偶e dzi艣 ostatnie dokumenty dosz艂y do pozna艅skiego urz臋du pocztowego i powinny zosta膰 dostarczone w ci膮gu kilku nast臋pnych dni. To by艂o d艂ugo. W艂a艣nie teraz ................. zosta艂y dostarczone. Zbi贸r wymaganych dokument贸w takich , jak moje i Joanny 艣wiadectwo urodzenia, akt naszego ma艂偶e艅stwa, jej akt pierwszego ma艂偶e艅stwa, wszystkie z piecz臋ci膮 apostille, zabra艂o poczcie 5 miesi臋cy, aby je dostarczy膰. Wszystkie te dokumenty by艂y potrzebne tylko po to, aby zarejestrowa膰 m贸j akt urodzenia w polskim USC, przed ubieganiem si臋 o polskie obywatelstwo. Teraz nadszed艂 czas, aby wr贸ci膰 do tego biura i sprawdzi膰, czy to wystarczy.


Poszli艣my do Piotra & Paw艂a, aby kupi膰 mi臋so mielone na hamburgery, mi臋so na lunch oraz chleb, a ja spowodowa艂em, 偶e pani w dziale mi臋snym - po tym, jak wcze艣niej nauczy艂a mnie, jak powiedzie膰: "Prosz臋, zmieli膰 1/2 kilograma wo艂owiny" - u艣miechn臋艂a si臋.