4 Referrals in November!

We weren't expecting referrals until December but they came in November. 4 referrals have been matched so we're another step closer to Mia.

Just when I think I figured out the process, it's different. The wonderful uncertainty of international adoption. Oddly enough, I'm getting used to not knowing and not to be corny, but it's kind of cool that the phone will just ring and there will be a baby for us - kind of like labor.

That said - I'd like to know a ballpark... LOL I've emailed our SW to find out where we are on the list but I would say we're #12 or better. I guess we'll find out next week.

And my heart aches for all those June referral families who were still hoping for December travel. I thought you would go too.

My Lucky Day - Sort Of

When I woke up at 5:00 AM thinking of all the reasons I had to work today I didn't feel so lucky especially since I didn't need to wake up until 6:30. In fact, I was quite disgusted with the reasons I wouldn't be able to take my planned vacation day. None the less, I started my routine after laying there for an hour attempting to sleep.

My routine? When I work from my home office, the primary goal is to get to Starbucks before Chris needs to leave for work so I'm sitting down working by 7:00 with a Latte. Sometimes I make coffee but not often. Today I decided I'd get 3 Venti Skinny Vanilla Lattes 160 calories - one for him and two for me. I know I'll be all jacked up on caffeine but Lattes are a form of comfort food to the coffee addict much like a Hershey Bar is to a chocolate junkie.

As I'm paying for my Lattes, my usual Starbucks chicadee asks me if I want an extra drink. HMMM - three before noon? That would be scary. I'm about to decline but she then tells me it's a Venti White Mocha. OMG - Can you say zillions of calories??? But in a previous life, my drink was Venti Nonfat No-Whip White Mocha which was 350ish calories so I have to have it and take one drink just to take me back...I do and it's like syrup. I can't imagine how I ever drank anything that sweet. Thanks again Jenn to introducing me to my SVL.

So that was a nice break from the dreaded working from home on my vacation day torment as I try not to cuss people for not filling out forms properly. They know their phone numbers and addresses right? SO PUT IT ON THE FORMS. I don't know where you people live - if I did, I'd pay a teen to TP your house right now... LOL just had to get that off my chest.

Bell Tech Junkies

We were at our Bell Family Dinner tonight - which is Bell party of 17-18 people half of them kids when we got a text from our Sis in Cali that said our nephew Nick had heard back one of the college apps. We were all very excited for him. YEAH NICK!!! Chris saw the message and announced it to the fam. We all pulled out our techie phones and immediately started texting back. Here's a pic of the adult nerds minus the adult nerd who took the picture.

Here's Mark and my nephew Jackson waiting their turn to play pool. It's sweet. I'm not sure why he still has his hood on. What can I say it's cold here. This is a family friendly pizza place which has a pool table not a pool hall/bar type place. Well ok it has a bar which you can see in the background but we went early. LOL I will say that tonight our server realized that she has a different calling in life. She had a very difficult time and we're not that high-maintenance for a large party but just saying, I think she'll likely go back to college or maybe try Target. By the time the bill came, she just disappeared and never came back. She was not having a good day.