Saturday, March 10, 2007
Time Flies While You Are Waiting
(Picture from Aug 2004 getting our marriage license in Las Vegas)
It's been a good week here. REALLY busy. Both of us are swimming with work. It's been a long time since I've been challenged at work, and it feels good to have that feeling. Kind of like that "stay up all night to study for finals" feeling. Especially nice is knowing that once our adoption is finalized, my work will definitely be prioritized differently.
We are still getting some things sorted out with our furniture. We have had some mishaps along the way that I haven't mentioned... loose leg on the kitchen table, wrong dining room buffet, 13-inch crack down the front leg of the living room chair... Just to name three things. Yes, our house is the bermuda triangle for new furniture. (Note to visitors: there are now comfy chairs for everyone!!!)
I don't know what we would have done if we needed our dossier pictures sooner. Picture after picture of empty rooms would be hard to explain.
We have our medical doctor and psychologist visits for the dossier scheduled for the end of March. In the meantime we are just completing all of the forms. We'll need to go down to get our good conduct letter in the next couple of weeks. All in all, this paperwork isn't that bad. I think we can get things wrapped up by Easter... the only thing we are really waiting on is our certified marriage certificates from Nevada that we'll need to send back for the apostilles.
Our agency held it's annual spring picnic this afternoon and we stopped by for an hour. Lots of cute kids. Everyone was saying very good things about the in-country staff, and how pleased they were with their children. We've always heard great things about our agency, but it's always nice to get reassurance along the way. No news about re-accrediation though. :(
On Wednesday night our agency is having a "parenting & discipline" course which we'll probably attend. It will be good timing since we'll be discussing discipline during the psychological evaluation.
Tomorrow I am heading to Palm Springs until Tuesday to attend a workshop for work. (I'm throwing that info in for Jenn...) I'm most excited because I have two hours of driving each way which means I get to practice my Russian with the Teresa Kelleher CDs. While I'm gone, M will take care of Thani & Yoshi and continue to sort through some old paperwork he has collected from his family business. He's been working on his family tree and has some branches mapped back to the early 1800s!
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Russia Adoption Blog
Russian Adoption Medical Services
Russian Family Search
Russian Toys
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It's awesome how far M has gotten with his family tree. That's a lot of work, but I'm sure his whole family will appreciate his efforts.
Sounds like things are looking good with your progress toward your adoption!
Can you take pics of your house inside? We want to see