Well the month of October was progressive, but boring, in terms of the adoption. Lots of i-dotting and t-crossing. Singing a copy of the homestudy with Judith, sending Shelley extra pictures of our cute cute life, Shelley finding an inconsistency in the homestudy and our Thai dossier, going back to Judith to correct that and re-sign, another $141.31 of expenses, blah blah blah, but... it's all done and out of our hands for the moment. It's been very strange not having anything to do for the adoption in this past couple of weeks - I even emailed Shelley to make sure I wasn't missing anything or forgetting about any homework! Winding down has never been my strong suit. But our entire lives and ability to parent an adoptee are being reviewed by the Ministry right now, and we should know some more by Christmas. Let's hope for the best. And let's hope I find something to fill the empty time (ha!) left by my lack of forms to fill out.
I don't want to get cocky, but what Judith wrote about us was pretty awesome. Talk about an ego boost! The only only negative was that Mike had very little experience with children. If they don't pass us because of that, that's pretty weak-sauce. It's the whole you-can't-get-this-job-because-you-have-no-work-experience scenario. If every new parent were required to have heaps of kids in their life prior to having a baby, how many babies would actually be born? Hrmph. Anyway, like I said, hope for the best.
In the mean time, some news from the world of international adoptions. This story is just awful, I can't stop thinking about it, wondering how many other people are affected by it, and wishing there were something I could do.
