Truly had a rough day/night the last 2 nights (running on minimal sleep). This is such a hard process. I've become a better WAITER than I thought I would. But...I WANT TO LEAVE NOW!!! (insert me stomping my feet)
10. When asked if I was attending a run from some running team members, I
said no I think I will be L A Z Y this weekend because I haven't slept
much. Without missing a beat, one of my former student says I thought
you shouldn't be LAZY. I said...well that was before I started this
adoption thing. LOL LOL This is the same student that asks me on a daily basis if I learned any new Mandarin words (see #1)
9. Got a drawing today from a new student. OMG! I'm a Mama! She pointed out that the pictures some students gave me yesterday were for the same reason.
8. In my class students have been doing research on their planets, yesterday and today they put it on a board builder (online bulletin board where they can add images/etc). My class (exception of some spelling/grammar errors) ROCKED this! They already talking about what we can do next. Maybe we have them each pick a skill in Reading...hmmmm. After Spring Break, of course!
7. Time to ask for another update!!!!! We need to come up with about 5 questions to ask. (You want to limit them to questions that are of most importance). Basically, this way you know that they will be answered.
6. Another adoption friend today received her LONG AWAITED soft LOA!!!!! She was matched almost a month before we were, so I'm SUPER pumped for her!
5. Visa packet is complete and ready to go. Courier service is reviewing
for us as I type. We ended up spending a little more money to have some
conveniences. Well find out today that they give a discount to those
who work with our agency. SCORE! $440 (not including shipping) to
$418!!! Hey we'll take it!
4. Our agency's travel person called yesterday to discuss pre-travel and
ask if we had any questions. I had them walk me through the last
steps. I FINALLY think I get it. AND we found out the last part of
what we owe is a little less than we thought. More money to spend on
getting the things we still need ;). May is looking like slim to none...so June it may be. We are praying that all papers are finalized without any hang ups to keep our hopes of May still alive.
3. Spring break is only 3 days away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. A surprise check showed up at my husband's work from a family member. TRULY I don't think you knew how much we needed that today!
1. Went back and looked at one of Izzie's videos. LATE LAST NIGHT...I realized that she grabs the ball and asks the camera person...ball (with a question mark tonation) as she hands it to the lady. Of course I guessed the word was ball and thanks to google...YES IT IS! I can't believe I missed it before! So I learned a new Mandarin word, but if I could remember it would be another story!