I had the following e-mail exchange with my social worker today. Her portion has been paraphrased, but you’ll get the gist:

SW: Hope all went well with the INS.

Me: Thanks. We went to our fingerprint appointment and got through it with no problem. The people there thought that the approval would come through pretty quickly.

SW: Thanks for the update. I hope it does come quickly. Lately we’ve had some approved quickly but others were slow, with no obvious reason.

Me: Well, we slipped ‘em a twenty…so I’m sure it will go smoothly. :)

SW: Are you joking?

Jesus. She’s probably dialing the feds this minute.