Hello Again

I apologize for the long delay since my last post but things have been so busy around here.  I hardly have time to breathe between running the kids to their after-school activites, coaching CYO volleyball, helping with homework, and working extra hours.  With Troy now busy harvesting the corn and not getting home until late in the evening I am pretty much a single mother doing all of this also.  I guess I shouldn't complain however, as keeping busy makes the wait a little more bearable.

Oh, speaking of the wait, I do have some news.  WE ARE NOW #3 ON THE WAITING LIST!  Sadly, we would actually have been number two but a family who was on the girl list got tired of waiting, changed their preference, and jumped in line in front of us on the boy list.  Apparently their dossier went to ET before ours.  That is just another example of the unpredictability of this process.  Our referral, when it comes is also going to be a complete surprise now as I do not know nor talk to the two families in front of us.  They are "mystery families", ie. not a part of the Yahoo web groups I belong to of adoptive parents from our agency. 

I am hoping that October will be OUR month as I was told the agency does have a number of children whose files they are still working on.  Of course, I am not holding my breath!  At the very least a referral sure would make a great Christmas present!  I wonder if Santa has those in his sack?