The most boring blog in the world

I feel I should apologize to those of you who continue to drop by here.  I’m kind of at a lull in this adoption.  I feel like my life is sort of on hold (aside from my career, which is taking a huge step into positive territory, I’m leading a multi-billion dollar deal for the first time) until I file my I-600.  Why?  I have no idea.  I think I had set an internal goal of being in Vietnam right after Christmas, and now it’s clear that not only is that not going to occur, but getting to Vietnam before Tet is going to be difficult.  So, like many others, the six-month old baby I imagined is going to be more like eight or nine months, which is fine, it’s just a bit depressing.  I now understand why the BTDT parents say that the wait between referral and travel is the absolute worst.  It is, and it seems interminable right now.

I’m trying to be productive, I just finished my first two Vietnamese lessons (Rosetta Stone, still trying to decide whether I’m going to love it or hate it).  I can identify the words for boy, girl, ball, cat and airplane, so that’s not too bad for the first day.  I’d like to haul myself to the gym, but I keep ignoring that voice in my head.

This part of the process sucks for everyone, right?  I mean, if it can dampen my Christmas spirit, it’s got to be pretty bad.

December 11, 2007 - Posted by Oscar and Etta's mom | Adoption, Waiting