August 13, 2014 - a Wednesday. Forgive me, it’s been
a while. Here is what we have going on now. Our adoption agency has sent an “Oversight
letter” to us which will accompany our form to the US government. At this point, we are waiting on our official
Home Study to show up at our doorstep (any day now). Once received, I will pop
that 41-page document (yes, really), the oversight letter (which makes
everything Hague-approved, thus legal
for international adoption), the Form I-600A (Application for Advance
Processing of Orphan Petition) and two checks to the USCIS for approval. Whew.
Lots of action. It has taken a lot to get to this point; however, we are still
not considered to be “not that far in”. Crazy, right?. I thought so.
So, after getting this fat package in the mail and then
sending it off again, with some hefty fees, we will get to practice the fine
art of waiting. Oh, waiting, how I loathe thee. The absence of no control just
pushes me beyond my little box of comfort. Yes, I do realize that I actually have
no control over anything in this life, except for my own actions. But, this is
still uncomfortable. I am betting that
having no control here in the USA may somehow be better than when we send off
all of our stuff to Uganda and have to wait for them. At that point, I will
have no control and no way of knowing about it – Agh! Type A person nightmare!
So, big official action coming up, waiting, then REAL big
action will happen! And. Then. More. Waiting. Notice a theme here? I should
come out of this journey a truly patient, contented person. Think saintly-like women in a long, flowing dress and perfect hair. Only time will tell
– OH, killing myself! So, this is it. We will be sure to post and write about
when we send off our official form asking to bring an orphan from overseas into
our country. Until then, I am off to wait on the mail truck.
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