Dossier to Agency

Well, our revised I-800a approval was mailed out to us Monday, we received it Tuesday evening, I went to the Secretary of State and the Chinese Consulate to have a copy of it authenticated on Wednesday, mailed out our dossier, and dossier was delivered to our agency by FedEx a few hours ago:

I am not one to do "happy dances" but I definitely did one on Monday when I realized our USCIS officer had indeed turned my paperwork around in one day. Now I'm just hoping everything in that dossier is perfect and it can be mailed to China ASAP.

Currently Reading...

Yesterday while I was waiting in the consulate office for my number to be called (30 min) I downloaded a free sample of “No Riding in the House Without a Helmet.”  I had seen the author of this book promoting the book various places which turned me off for some reason, but the book came up under my “suggestions for you” in Amazon, so I downloaded a free sample on my Kindle while I waited and..I loved it.  Love the author, who narrates the book.  It is honest, candid, witty and wise.  You KNOW her after just reading a few pages, and I couldn’t help but really like her.  I read this one line twice and knew I would love this book- (In reference to choosing to adopt several children when the rest of their friends were empty nesters): "In retrospect, I see that Donny and I have steered by the light of what brings us joy, what makes us laugh, and what feels right and true." 

I have a love/hate relationship with my Kindle, because it is just too easy to buy a book. But I bought this one last week for $0.99 and it was great! Pretty Woman Spitting: An American's Travels to China. 

And otherwise, I am not reading books because oh my word, there are enough blogs about families adopting from China to keep me reading for the next 10 years...