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Jan
09

Errands on a cold, cold Saturday

By Leila

Today was pretty productive.  We got all of the out-of-the-house errands done except for Steve’s passport.  We WOULD have gotten that done, but the passport office hours on the USPS website were WRONG.  They closed 30 minutes before we got there, which was 30 minutes earlier than the time given on the website.  Guess they changed the hours.  Boo.  Steve did say that he would go to the one by our house on Monday morning and get it done, though, so that’s good.

While I feel good about getting that stuff done, I otherwise feel like crap.  I’m so tired of being sick.  I got a nasty cold about a week before Christmas, but was feeling much better about a week or two later.  It was a false sense of hope.  I just transitioned from the cold to a nasty sinus thing.  Now my head and face hurt every day, just about all day.  Nothing to promote motivation like feeling like your face is going to fall off.  And kind of hoping that it does.  While we were picking up the family photo and pictures of N.B., we got some sinus meds, so I’m very thankful for that!

Anyway, I think that’s all the adoption news that’s fit to print!  Steve’s hoping to finish his online training tonight (which I didn’t realize he hadn’t finished) and I’m going to finish up the questionnaire from our social worker.  It’s so freakin’ hard!  Questions like, describe your spouse’s personality and describe yours.  What if Steve and I’d descriptions don’t match at all!  Also, things like, describe how you argue and what about?  Uh, I whine and bitch until I get my way?  Oh wait, no, that’s not the right answer.  *sigh*

Categories : adoption, checklist, family

3 Responses to “Errands on a cold, cold Saturday”

  1. tamara b says:

    Leila, it was fun to read a few of your adoption posts. I wonder where exactly you are in the process now. We applied to holt in July, received a referral in Dec and sent our dossier in last week.

    Of course, I’m always trying to find like-minded people to connect with about adoption. And curious to know if anyone is near to NE Iowa…

    I love you blog by the way!

  2. Chrissy says:

    Just a side note, you may want to call ahead to the USPS office and see if you can make an appointment for the passport stuff. I showed up one day and they told me they were too busy and that if I made an appointment, they HAD to take me at my scheduled time.
    I went sometime around 12/18 and got my passport and card in the mail this weekend! Yay! One more thing to check off of the list! ;)
    Chrissy

  3. Cindy says:

    I have you all added to the Ethiopian Adoption Blogs. I wish you an amazing adoption journey. Thanks for the note.

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