Okay, freaking out has subsided on his end a bit. Which I'm profoundly thankful for.

I sent him a chunk of money via paypal (didn't even get charged fees to do that, either, because the transaction was classified as personal:living expenses! The exchange rate was a bit below premium, but that's no biggee compared to the fees we would have paid with moneygram or Western Union), and that took a load off his mind. Totally worth it, even though I'm fairly certain most of that will be coming back to the States when he comes, too.

We are now less than two weeks away from knowing for sure whether we can finally be together. TWO WEEKS. Do you know how much I'm losing my mind?? The conflict of emotions is staggering. These two final weeks are going to be... HELL.

Happy early birthday to my brother, who barely gets on here now that he's found a game-creation site to play on. I feel bad about my visa news coming up so close to his day and celebration (9th is his b-day, 15th is when we're celebrating; 16th is when we find out). He always gets short-changed on attention and shit, between me and my mother. Bleh. I hope I can help make this birthday really good for him, somehow.