My newest obsession--adoption. Yes, we began our paperchase almost a year ago. Yes, I've known for quite some time that our next child would be adopted. So what has changed?
The excitement you feel when you begin the paperchase is one kind of excitement. You have Things To Do. Lists. Piles of paper to be notarized. More lists. Appointments and schedules. The most lists you have ever had. It's exciting in a busy, hectic, stressful-because-it's-taking-so-long kind of way. But you are accomplishing things.
Then the I-171H arrives and you rush about for a bit and you are done. In our case the agency handled the translations and seals and everything. And suddenly the adoption is real. And just when it becomes real, well, there's nothing to do but wait. My take on the waiting has been to start reading everything I can get my hands on, start worrying about trip details including packing lists, and start looking at all of the referral pictures I can find.
It hasn't helped much. I am obsessed. Obsessed with the Yahoo groups, because there are people there who care about all of this stuff as much as I do. Obsessed with the lovely World Wide Web, where all manner of information is readily available. Ah, the bookmarks I've collected. Obsessed with reading blogs, especially those about adoption. Let me tell you, I'm OBSESSED.
Reasonably I don't think we will see our referral until May or June. June!! It's February. February!! Ack.
Posted by grrlTravels at February 19, 2005 5:40 PMOh wow! We're on the same timeframe. I'm thinking we'll get our referral in June. This has been the longest winter I can remember. It just seems to go on forever, and I think it's because the waiting is pretty much torture. I'm willing time to speed up. But it isn't working yet...!
Posted by: Figlet at February 19, 2005 10:53 PM