For the few of you that might be curious, not much new to report on here. Sort of like the same ol', same ol' blah...blah..blah. Whatever.
There was a wave of referrals a month ago. I get chills thinking of my friend I have met through our agency. They have been on the wait list for over three years (but really, due to road blocks, about the same amount of time we have been in process) and as I type this, they are in ET meeting their 4 year old twins for the first time. They have no other children, so the significance of this union is amazing!
That is one good thing. Since referrals are going at the rate of pudding through a filter, it is just a matter of weeks to get scheduled a court and embassy date (meaning actually bringing your kids home!). Not long ago, scheduling these appointments took months and months.
We are either #1 to #3 on "the list" now depending on age. Yet again, we have been stuck in this list mud before. Courts are closed now until the end of September, so even though we theoretically could get a referral in that time, we could not get the ball rolling until October.
But this is OK. Really. Life just keeps on getting on! We just spent 2.5 weeks camping along the Oregon coast and seeing good friends in Portland and Corvallis. Lovely, lovely time. I also started my new job last week! I am a bundle of excited nerves as I leave my classroom and enter the realm of cubicals and suits. I do think I made the right career move, however. Hubs pointed out something pretty profound the other day when he said that this is the first time I have not come home after my first day back in overwhelmed tears.
Sorry that checking in with my blog still does not reveal that exciting
REFERRAL! news we have all been waiting for, but I do appreciate you still checking in on things.
