Celebrating Our LOA

So, I know you're all wondering how our family celebrated our LOA.  Did we go to a fancy steakhouse?  Nope. How about a Chinese restaurant in honor of our new children?  Nope.  My dirt cheap hubby said, "Let's do McDonald's drive-thru."  I told him he's the cheapest man alive, which back-fires on me, because he takes that as a compliment.  Then he goes off about how he's such a genius when it comes to finances, blah, blah, blah. (Honestly, he's right, but I'll never tell him that.)

The thing is, somehow or another, most of our major events in our life are celebrated with McDonald's.  After our own wedding twenty years ago, we left after the church service and swung in to get a cone.  Last year, when my husband said yes to adoption, we celebrated with a McD's cone.  Perhaps we should just have weddings at McDonald's and instead of cake, everyone gets ice cream.

I wonder if that would work for funerals as well.  

Probably not.

LOA #2...IT'S HERE!!!!

OH.MY.GOSH!!!!  Freaking out here, people!!  Yes, it's here!!  My mind is swimming.  My agency called...I saw the number on caller ID and thought...nothing...because I'm in the land of make-believe with this LOA wait.  I started to wonder if they really even exist and if Chinese children are just a figment of my imagination.  So I answered the phone and she said, "Guess what?"  That was all it took.  I lost it bawling.  I was done.  All that pressure that I did NOT even realize was there....broke.  I.was.a.mess...I told her to keep talking because I could not speak.  She said both LOA's would be here by Monday (they were holding the other one for me).  My mind is racing...I'll post more when my brain re-boots, k?  Thanks for all the prayers guys!!!! God is faithful, always!!!

The Bad News Is...There's No News

I went as high up as I could without getting on a plane to China, and I have NO answer.  My agency has inquired probably four times in three weeks on my LOA and they cannot get a response.  I don't get it.  I hear of others who press their agencies to get an update, and they finally call China AND GET AN ANSWER!!!!  Ugh! 

I would say I've passed the patience test.  I'm pretty much a pro at the waiting game here.  It's just the silence... 

 it's deafening.  

48 Hours Is Up

My agency rep said to give it 48 more hours to see if we can get an update on my little girl's LOA...that ends at 4:00 today.  I have less than four hours until that deadline; if I don't have an answer by then, I'm going to get on the phone with every person I can think of until I get a response!!

 It's quite concerning to me that I received her referral first (by almost a month), but her LOA is lagging this far behind his. I just want answers. So, prayerfully, I will have an answer by tonight or tomorrow morning. 

In other news, the two children who are currently in my life are driving me wacko. Last night as I was trying to get them to just chill and go to bed, they decided it was confession/whine/acrobat time. Brianna, who is a talker (understatement) went on an hour long play-by-play of who said what, blah, blah, blah. She used remote controls to show the positions of her friends in the room and then pretended like the remote controls were talking. All I absorbed was, "And then she said....so I said...and do YOU know what SHE said? ...so I was like, blah, blah, blah." 

After she was done babbling, it was Josiah's turn. He came in and started complaining about how he's sick of people modifying their x-box, their games...something or another, and how it's all a conspiracy, and people are cheating. 

The whole time he was ranting, Brianna was doing jumping jacks in hyper mode and practicing Tae Kwon Do forms in such a fast pace she looked like someone put her on fast forward. 

I told her she looked like Jane Fonda doing her work out. She asked if Jane Fonda was a super hero. What??

I told them they were both psycho and to go to bed.

Inquiring Minds Want To Know

So along with some bloggy buddies, my kids want to know who I was referring to in my last post.  I made them play twenty questions and they still couldn't guess!  So, as tempted as I am to keep it a secret, here goes: I was already in a good mood last night just because of an adoption forum that I'm on.  Some of the threads were funny, referring to Barbie, being...umm...well endowed, some were heated...those in particular I find amusing; I just can't help but laugh at the bantering.  But then I received a random email from someone (NO, I will not say who, silly!) with info on international adoption.  This person tries to be sincere, I'm sure, but they are mis-informed as to the whole process.  I cannot get into the details, but I thought their email was hilarious.  It describes "what could go wrong," etc. concerning international adoption.  Will I see this person this week, most likely, will I have a smile on my face when I see them?  Definitely.  Why?  Because, although some people are afraid for me because of the unknowns of THEIR hearts, I have peace about adoption. I.JUST.DO!!

Now, about those dumber than a doorknob people...who IS that type of person?  Glad you asked:

The person who pulls out in front of you and then goes 10 miles under the speed limit...dumber than a doorknob.

The person who pulls out in front of you and then turns one block later...dumber than a doorknob.

The person who emails me random emails about the HORRORS of international adoption and thinks it may RUIN my life!!  OH NO!!  Yes, that person...dumber than a doorknob!