No Good News

I'm sorry to keep posting bad news, I do wish I could post something a little more positive. We are hearing things like, "..you just don't know what's going on in this country.." and, "we're working with the facilitator regarding your case" and, "we'll let you know when we know something"....These statements are just not good enough for us. Maybe we expect too much?? We certainly don't think so; we think we are entitled to some answers at this point. Had they been honest up front about our submission date, I'm sure we wouldn't have a problem. All we want are some concrete answers and we're not getting them. It's so very frustrating right now. We are hoping to follow some advice of fellow bloggers, but that takes time to actually follow through on. In the meantime, we sit full of uncertainty and wait (I HATE that word!!!).
On the up side -- we are getting out of dodge again this weekend to spend some time with Truman's parents in IN. We enjoy visiting them and especially enjoy the time spent with our nephews!
Thanks to all who have sent words of encouragement our way!

Runaround

That's what it feels like we are getting. Oh how I wish we would have done things differently from the beginning of this adoption process. But to change things now would feel like one giant step backwards. All we want is a child, just one...I just don't understand why it has to be so hard. As I suspected we did not get submitted **again** on 5/17; nor on 5/19. Supposedly our facilitator is taking our dossier tomorrow....yeah, right...I don't hold out much hope for that either. My understanding is that we either have an appointment to submit or we don't. Obviously if we are not given firm dates, we don't have an appointment. What kind of crooked dealings are we getting into?! The latest blow, in what seems like a series of blows recently, is really starting to test my faith and ability to continue along this path. I hope & pray that tomorrow brings better news.

Updates done!

We can now breathe a sigh of relief because the remaining document updates are on their way to Fed-Ex today. Truman had some hiccups along the way today in getting them notarized, certified & apostilled, (including wading through hoards of kiddos at the Sec. of State's office) but they are done and now we can relax and wait to hear news of their submission - which, by the way, is 10 days from today. Can you imagine how hard the waiting will be after everything is submitted??? Those are going to be the longest 20+ days!!!
Love, S&T

SDA Appt.

Is October 11th. At least according to the dream I had last night. HA! Had ya going there for a minute, didn't I? I wonder what the significance is of that date or why it appeared in my dream. That date should be more like a homecoming date. It wasn't much of a dream, it just appeared on the outside of a package I received at home. It said "SDA 10/11/08 - 11/11/08". Now, all you other families know the SDA doesn't give you a RETURN date. LOL! That's just craziness :) Anyway, if you've been reading along this whole time you know that I like to jot down my adoption-related dreams so I can come back after this is all done and see if there was any scary truths to them.
On another note...I am rooting for "Recapturetheglory" & "Cool Coal Man" in the Derby today. Too bad all the Derby-goers will be watching in the rain today. I will be watching from the comfort of my living room.
UPDATE: I guess the weather cleared up for Derby Day in Louisville. Neither of my horses won me anything, but it was exciting to watch them try. Congrats to Big Brown for winning the roses. (yes, I have gotten into horse racing since moving to KY!)

It's May...

...the month of our dossier submission. Whew -- what a time trying to get these few documents updated. I am **extremely** happy to report that the marriage license made it to the agency today. The employment letters & medical forms will be completed on Monday and should be in the agency's hand by Wednesday. I think we'll be safe from having any "expired" documents at submission time. A big thank you to all who helped!
Love, S&T