This week, especially today, has left me feeling very odd.  Have you ever slipped on the ice and hit the ground before you even realized you were falling.  You have to sit there for a full second or two for your brain to catch up with the fact that you're now on the ground.

For girls like me, who have five year plans for their five year plans and like to spend a great deal of time in denial, this week has thrown me for a loop.  It's taken me a little longer to pick myself up and continue on my way.

We have been marking time for so long with the impending deployment and in our adoption that I feel like a log jam has just cleared and now we're just rushing down the river.

There is a very real possibility that our dossier could reach Ethiopia in advance of the court's closure for the rainy season in August.  I never imagined that was even a possibility because of the USCIS wait I'd thought we would have.  I'm still discombobulated over receiving the approval.  It's amazingly amazing.  And, because I am the way I am, I'd already resigned myself to missing that closure so my brain is having a hard time accepting the fact that we can possibly do this.  This weekend will have much time devoted to dotting i's and crossing t's so that I can be on my way to the state capital on Wednesday. 

From my research, it sounds like if we beat the court closure and our file is reviewed, we could be given our fall court date prior to the court's closing.  In other words, we would know in August when our court date for October/November would be.

M1 was so excited tonight.  She said, "So we're finally close!?"  I explained to her the remaining steps to which she replied we weren't close enough, but we're closer than I thought we'd ever be at this point.  We are very blessed and very excited.  We are also very appreciative for those who are excited for us and sharing in our desire to have our girl home.

I can't believe I let my husband leave the country with the bunk bed situation unresolved.  He kept telling me, "We don't need to do the big stuff until it's closer."  Um.  Hon?  Yeah.  It's closer!  I'm sure Team M (M1 and M2 and Mommy) can put our heads together, choose the perfect bunk beds, and find a way to set the room up nicely.

July promises to be a big month!

Comments

[Sophie]

How very exciting!! I'm sure we've probably talked about this before but my brain is refusing to retain any information these days...will you be traveling to Ethiopia? Will I get to see you?

[Amy Ivey]

Great job on your dossier, Friend! Praying all the other pieces fall together easily (and quickly!) YES! Praying July is a HUGE month. Sweet blessings, Amy