Mailing (most of) our dossier contents to our agency.
The last few weeks of my life have been right up there with some of the most stressful days I've had yet. We are wrapping up the very last little bit of our dossier and that has meant multiple doctor appointments, trips to the hospital for blood work for the entire family, a large amount of time on the phone setting up these appointments and talking people through our process in explaining what we need and why, notarizing documents, countless emails to everyone under the sun, plenty of frustrated tears, calls to and from my agency, at-home fingerprinting, overnighting paperwork, long delays in waiting rooms, and more. I can't quite put into words how busy and tiring it has been for our family... let's just say we are looking forward to having our dossier out of the United States and in the hands of certain people in Latin America! Right now we are waiting for our FBI approvals to arrive in the mail (they're being overnighted and will be here tomorrow) and for our psychologist's report to reach our agency's mailbox (this week). When we receive the FBI approvals tomorrow, we are overnighting them- as well as all of our medical paperwork- to our agency, and absolutely every bit of what remains should be there by Friday. Assuming that is the case, our dossier will be bound for Latin America on Monday, September 14th! I am extremely anxious for that email or phone call from my agency saying, "Your dossier has been mailed!" Oh man, what a RELIEF!
At the doctor, getting ready for our TB skin tests.
Robby having his blood taken (he got woozy, y'all ;) )
I am tired. Very, very tired. Aside from the adoption madness, we spent Sunday and Monday moving out and storing what remained in our former home. It took two days- one day to drive there with a rental car and UHAUL, pack it all in (we received lots of help from the folks who moved into our former home, thank God!), drive it back to NWA, unload into our yard (I'm not kidding- it was taking far too long to get it off the truck and organized in storage), and then return the truck. The second day consisted of waking up and properly putting everything into the storage buildings on our rental property. On top of that I have to go back through it all for an upcoming garage sale in the next couple of weeks. Help me.
On the way to empty out our former house.
I know that soon we will be waiting entirely on others for the progress of the adoption process. While that will be a different kind of "hard", I'll be honest and say that I'm happy for the resting period. I just need a minute, ya know? We all do. With the holidays approaching, we'll stay busy in other ways and that will help keep our minds occupied. I also have a trip coming up in October to go see and spend time with a friend in Florida and I am majorly looking forward to that. No kids, no responsibilities- I'm only required to take care of me. During this season of my life, that sounds right up there with the likes of winning the lottery.
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