As if it wasn't hard enough waiting for 8 weeks for pre-approval we have now waited almost 3 more weeks and heard NOTHING!!! I am trying to stay positive as our attorney is known for working diligently but not updating so hopefully we are well on our way in PGN. I have e-mailed our coordinator several times the last couple of weeks hoping for some glimmer of hope. I think I am being ignored! I really don't understand what can be so difficult about making a phone call and getting an update on our status. Obviously, it is nearly impossible. Oddly enough, as crazy and stressed as I feel something tells me that we are making progress and not to worry. Whatever that something is, I hope it's right. I keep thinking, it has been 3 weeks. We could have been in PGN for 2 weeks or more. Maybe we will find out we are out before we hear we are in!! OR maybe our file fell off the desk and into the trash can...I never claimed to be an optimist!
We did get one shred of good news. I was concerned that a few people with our attorney have had an issue with the wording on their Power of Attorney and have received a kick out from the courts. I was so incredibly organized and agonized over keeping records of everything during our "paper chase" but it turns out that I neglected to make a copy of our POA before I mailed it. Probably because I wanted to set the world record for speed and get it back ASAP! Our coordinator sent me a copy and the wording was correct on ours. YEA! One less thing to worry about.
On a lighter note, we did get updated pictures of Collin. It appears Mama Rosa (or Luisa, her granddaughter) may have given him a haircut. Not the curls, just the bangs. She must have used a bowl or a ruler to get them that straight!! Not the best pictures but he looks like he is gaining weight. We haven't received the updated weight and measurements yet. Those usually come in the first part of the month. They take pride in fattening up the babies down there. Hopefully we get him home before they turn him into an Oompah Loompah.
I tried to call Mama Rosa tonight but her neighbor that speaks English wasn't home. It is always an entertaining conversation when neither party has a clue what the other one is saying. I did get to talk to Collin but he didn't talk back. They were laughing so he must have been doing something funny. Or wait, maybe they were laughing at me???
I have been taking Spanish at Columbus State Monday thru Friday 8A-10:30a. I am hoping to learn as much as possible before Collin gets here. We will see how it goes. It is quite a challenge getting up every morning after getting home at 11pm and finding time to study. I managed to make it 6 months without going to school. Why didn't I take Spanish instead of sign language??? I don't think I would have been nearly as driven to learn it if it wasn't for Collin.
I have also decided to change jobs. I am moving to the Domestic Violence Unit. That should put an end to the middle of the night call ins and the days off will work out better for child care. We were trying to get opposing days off so that Collin would only need to go to his Nana and Pops 3 days a week rather that 4 or 5. But, who knows what will happen. Wyatt still could get promoted and end up with a schedule that changes the whole plan. It will be a nice change hopefully although it is always difficult leaving what is comfortable and familiar. I look at it as a time of transition and change for all 3 of us. Wyatt is in a new job and may end up promoted, I am going to a new job and Collin will be leaving his familiar surroundings soon and coming to an unknown place with different people, smells, sounds, language and scenery. Everything will be new to him and to us but we can't wait and hopefully it will be a smooth transition for all of us. I can only hope that some day he realizes how many people loved him before they even knew him and looked forward to the day that he finally came home.
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009
My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy
I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
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