A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS. And a checked mailbox never has mail! I had a random question for our case worker and sent her an email this morning. Well, just minutes later I had a response and also included in that email was the fact that she has our 'second medicals' and as soon as she reviews and verifies that the information is for our referral, she will send them to us.

So, this is VERY EXCITING for me, because this is the next step we are waiting for. After we get that information and review it - it takes, per her email, a week or so to get our scheduled court date. Now there are always good chances that the court date can be delayed or rescheduled, but at least having that would give us a ballpark idea of when we would travel (4-5 weeks after). I know, and God has shown, that His timing is perfect. I have also learned from experience that may mean not until the 11th hour. BUT, I am now EXTREMELY EAGER to get that email.

So what I am wondering is, what did she mean by telling me she would get that info to me soon? Does that mean that would be in an hour, by the end of the day, by the end of the week? Of course for me I want it to mean, now!

I have heard from other adoptive parents and read on many other adoption blogs (which by the way are WAY more high-tech, but that is another issue altogether) that the waiting you go through once receiving the referral is the hardest part. THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I am an 'all or nothing' person. If I can't do it all, I do nothing. And that goes with thinking about what I want/need to do. I am either thinking about it all the time, or I forget it. So, can you guess what this means?

It means I hope to get an email today or my husband won't be able to put up with me this evening!

Hope to post good news soon!