5 days ’til blastoff…

Bonnie is coming this week, I have a stats exam tonight, and we’re leaving early Saturday morning.  

I’m blogging as a form of study-avoidance.  Packing-avoidance.  Cleaning-avoidance.

Ethiopian Idol

Hard to believe the Idol craze has even taken over Ethiopia.  The average family income per year is $400.  Who is watching this show?

 thanks, mom.

My fragile state

Here’s a glimpse into just how shaky my emotional state is: at Target, I found the perfect drawer pull for a cabinet I painted for our soon-to-be-adopted-from-Ethiopia son, Dawit. It’s a soccer ball. The mere discovery of this piece of hardware had me in tears. Can we just go get him, already?

Very Vaccinated

Ouch. I’ve had 7 shots this week. I’m currently protected against Hep A, Hep B, polio, typhoid, tetanus, meningitis, and Yellow Fever. Even so, I got literature to protect myself from some frightening stuff including plague, rabies, and some scary-ass parasites. The CDC’s travel and vaccination site. And I’ve spent time worrying about the Avian flu…I had no idea I’d be facing a list of already-existing diseases.

Ethiopia News

Scientists watch for birth of new sea in Ethiopia, could take millions of years. I get to see the real Lucy next month. How cool is that?

The journey finally brought us to

this darling little 3 year old. I’m off to Ethiopia to get him next month. Much to do to prepare for the trip, and for having a toddler in the house. Who knew? We started this process a year ago with a Chinese baby in mind, almost had twin boys, and end up in Eastern Africa.

I saw his photo and thought, “oh, there you are! I’ve been looking all over the planet for you!”

Today’s date in Ethiopia

Today’s date in Ethiopia: 15 Khedar 1998

To convert dates to other calendars, click here

I should know better…

than to answer the phone after nine. A little baby boy is making his way to my house by way of a social worker. He needs foster parents. It’s a crazy story not fit for a blog, but I hope this little 2-week old lands with his forever family soon! He’ll probably only be with us for a couple of days

More paper

My computer is not functioning as it should. Neither is my camera. I dropped it (camera, not computer). I’ve been tempted to throw the computer, but haven’t yet.

Been busy compiling adoption documents, getting signatures notarized, blah, blah, blah. One year ago I thought we’d be home with a child sometime around Thanksgiving. We barely made clearance on this side of the border in that time.

If all goes well (cross all appendages for me) I’ll be done with the paperwork next week. Hopefully I’ll get my computer up and running again and I’ll be inspired with an actual fun post instead of boring adoption updates.

Clearance

Guess who got FBI clearance despite the crazy people I hang out with? Finally, CIS notified us that we have “a notice of favorable determination.”

Adoption updates to follow, we’ve changed course.

Oh, and the sun is shining today. Life is good.