I first want to start by saying that I know it has been a long time since we posted. We have not had any new info on the adoption front until yesterday. Life has been very busy since the end of school but I'll get to that in a minute.
Yesterday we got a letter from our agency that the "official" log in date for our dossier to the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) is 6/18/06. That is to say that the chinese government office that handles the adoption got our papers on June 18th. NOW - they are saying that currently it is taking about 12 months to get a referral from that date. That time could increase or decrease. We certainly hope for decrease. We just need to be patient (there is that damn word again) and when it happens / it happens. Sigh.
On another front - How and I have been very busy with the summer. How is working summer school. This was not a choice, all principals here in the city work the program. It is nice because he has a bunch of Fridays off and some of the time he can work at his own office. How was just up in Cambridge, Mass. at a seminar given by Harvard for education leadership. He went with a bunch of people from his NYC group. He was there for seven days - missed him - but was busy (see next paragraph).
At the same time, I applied and got accepted to a program at The Cooper-Hewitt Museum (The National Design Museum for the Smithsonian). I applied with my friend D from Catalina and they flew her out and she stayed with me. The program (all about DESIGN) was great and we did some fun "city stuff" in the eveneings. My cousin got married which was a lot of fun, very nice. Went to mom and dad's with one sis and two nephews and had a great week. Going to CT this weekend with How's bro S. and his wife and two boys. Gearing up fro M3's wedding. Got to have a fun bachlorette night with her friends. M2 did a great job organizing that. Finally got her fiance T. to take me to Vietnamese which was tastey. Brody (our cat) is spending the summer with my folks as the cat sitter is expensive and he was angery the last time we left him. This way he has company. We have been busy.
On the horizon - How's 40th birthday. (He's not too happy about it so do not rub it in, like I have been doing) We'll let everyone know plans when we make them! Fun!
Still getting some fabric for the quilt. I will do another "push" soon as to remind people to send the fabric and notes. Love to all - Mo
