Football Day

Another 12 hours of football - this time we had 2 games. Matt played and UofL played.

Highlights of the day included an 8:30AM football game "walk-thru" - I was cracking up. We all thought getting to the game by 10:00 would be a chore. OK I know we get to school by 7:30 everyday but it's Saturday which follows Friday which means no one went to bed in time to get up that early. The game was... painful. I think we lost 26-0 but at some point, I just started talking to other parents and hoping we wouldn't throw anymore interceptions. Might have been ugly if we had not done the "walk-thru". LOL

UofL on the other hand was a different team than last week. Now I know TN Tech U may not be as good as UK but when our QB threw rockets at the feet of our WR standing 10 feet away and now throws a "catchable" touch pass - That's improvement. Also - our kicker finally kicked in bounds. It only took 7 quarters. The stadium erupted. You can imagine if he has issues getting it between the lines that getting it between the poles for a field goal is not a sure thing.

And the tailgating was great!

2 Great Recipes our friend shared (sorry I didn't get the qty on the dip)- you have to figure it out

Splenda Brown Sugar + Fat Free = Great Fruit Dip

Use 2 packages of sugar free vanilla pudding mix in place of oil for brownies - she also used egg substitute and they were still good not as good as unhealthy brownies but the best healthy brownies I've had.

Referrals???

Has anyone heard about the referrals??? Melissa told me to email her next week to find out where we are on the list. I do really, really well not dwelling until it gets close and then I stink at it.

So I have to think about something else...Football...we stink.
Game highlights - Matt and Mark listening to our friend Brian's band Radio Radio


When we still had hope, the cardinal parachutes in
Not sure if anyone out there follows it but UofL was beaten to a pulp in the opening game.

Tell me if you hear about the referrals!

3 Months Dossier in Thailand

Our paperwork (Dossier) has been sitting in Thailand for 3 months now. They aren't doing anything with it. It's just sitting there. We are busy with everyday life of 2 active boys aka football 7 days a week but we are thinking about Thailand everyday. We are wondering if M is born. We are curious how many referrals will come to Holt this week. We are anxious to know whether that number will change our time estimate. Will it be June/Sept/Dec next year? June means we'd be home for Christmas as a family or possibly in Thailand for Christmas and seems a lifetime sooner than the others. September or December means we won't be. We don't dwell on it but sometimes, it's hard not to just sit and think and wonder... and look at cute little girl shoes on the web. LOL

After the referrals are matched, we'll get an update on timing and then we'll know and knowing is easier not that it can't change of course - we are talking about International Adoption here. The good news is plane tickets are back down to a reasonable rate so I can quit stroking about that for now. Of course, that's not flying Thai Air but I'm guessing I have plenty of time to talk to people about what Thai Air can do for me that Korean Air can't do...and whether that's worth paying the premium price and possibly flying for several hours longer... I'm all about get them there safe and quickly (HA quickly it's a 24 flight!) but a 24-30 hour flight should have relatively comfortable seats. What do I get on Thai Air??? Why do people recommend it???

Thai lesson update - I'm on Lesson 4 of Pimsleurs Thai. I can now say Excuse me, do you understand English? I think that's very important. Also, I understand Thai a little. Hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I'm very excited about that progress. I won't disclose how many hours that has taken. LOL