Adoption update, part 2

The doom-and-gloom folks of October are dismayed because approximately half of September's referrals showed and not the entire lot. Now everyone's saying, "I'll be in May." Bah, humbug! Where's your spirit, I say?

Actually, someone from October 28 found out by a fluke that she is in the matching room. Her agency called to ask her to submit some sort of an amendment to correct a slight problem with her paperwork so they could complete the matching. That means she's there. If she's there with an LID of the 28th, then this intuition that I've had for a couple weeks that we DEFINITELY have a daughter is probably about right on the money.

Today we got the pre-assignment paperwork. I have to review 56 pages of dos and don'ts, plus I need to get making copies of passports and the like.

Finally, it's all starting to feel real.

We also got our monster piece of luggage today. We could probably ship half of Guangzhou back in it, the thing is so big. Watch, though. I'll be lamenting the lack of space come late May. So far I need Pepto, toilet paper, shorts, Pepto, toilet paper, shirts, Pepto, toilet paper...

Yup. I'm gonna need another bag.