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December 13, 2002
trouble on the nanny front
Boy I tell ya, bringing someone overseas who isn't your dependent is a pain in the patoot!
Getting an Italian work visa for Cheryl proved to be nearly impossible so we elected to do the serial tourist visa option (okay, so not really an "option" per se). Every 90 days she will have to leave the country and re-enter to get a new visa stamp - good for her, a tad expensive for me.
The next problem is that, since she is going to turn 21 at the end of April, her military dependent ID will expire. The plan was to enroll her full time in college (self paced that is available here) so she can renew her ID until age 23 based on student status. Yesterday we learned that her mom must be here - on orders - to renew her ID which means that I now have to fly her back to the states for renewal. ARGHHHH! I am starting to get the idea that this wasn't meant to be! I am stubborn though (bet you had no idea) and am going to work on it a little longer.
Since I will be working 12 hour shifts (3 or 4 days a week), with a rotation of two months of days followed by two months of nights, a nanny is a must. I will have to look into another nanny situation. My kids might be fluent in Italian much sooner than we thought.
Posted by DebC at December 13, 2002 3:15 AM