Colleen - I am so excited for you girl!
* Update! - I realized that I didn't say that Doug doesn't have to wear the orange apron to work since he works at the HD corporate office, but he does have to keep it at his desk and is required to wear it once in a while! *
The rest of the week went really great. He has already met a lot of great people and has signed up to play golf with the guys in his department. So, I think he is fitting in really well. The only icky part of working for HD is the commute. But, that is the price you pay for living in the Atlanta area. Let's hope things keep going smoothly!
I am so honored that Julie nominated me for the "Thinking Blogger Award". I love reading Julie's blog and our LID dates are only four days apart (I hope we are in China at the same time!). I am especially excited about being nominated because I was quite reluctant about starting a blog in the first place. I didn't think anyone would really be all that interested in reading about my life. It is so nice to know that people are truly interested. I never expected to meet so many great people out in internet land. Yesterday, I had lunch with Kathy and my sister Amy. I am so glad I was finally able to introduce them to one another. They live only about 10 minutes from each other! Amy brought us to the most amazing gift shop after lunch and let's just say I didn't walk out of there with the same amount of money that I brought in. Let's leave it at that.
I have also been working on some of Doug's "Gizmo's" websites and of course blogging takes up a lot of time. I know I should be actively preparing for China right now, but after the last batch of referrals, I really don't feel like it right now. Maybe I will feel better about things after the next batch comes out (or not). Rumors are saying that referrals may arrive next week. I guess only time will tell...
Welcome to the desk in my office, otherwise known as adoption headquarters or blogger central. Can you tell that Doug has very little to do with his room? It is definitely a girly room/desk. I know, I know - I have feathery fru fru lamps. I saw them a few years ago and had to buy them. Don't know why I like them, but I do. I would never put these lamps anywhere else in my house because I actually am very contemporary when it comes to decorating. But this is my space, so fru fru it is.
My desk is actually more of a writing desk that doubles as a computer desk. It has thin legs, and I bought the file cabinet to match. Funny story...I bought a desk from Haverty's that I absolutely loved. On delivery day, I didn't realize that the door to my office was too narrow for the desk to fit through, so the delivery guys had to take it back. How embarrassing is that? So I went back out and hunted down another desk (which I found at Woodstock Outlet) in which the legs could come off so it could fit through the friggin' doorway.
Doug bought me one of those "old time" looking phones for Christmas a few years ago, and since I don't have caller ID on the phone itself, Doug got me the coolest caller ID box. It lights up four different colors, so from across the room, you can tell who is calling. Don't get on my bad side, I will make your number red! I don't answer red! LOL!
I love my flat screen computer monitor because it takes up such little space on the desk. There is a picture of China taped to the wall right above my desk and a red magazine holder on the desk which I use to hold folders with all my adoption info. I have a picture of my wedding party, a pic of Doug when we first started dating and a pic of me and friends Kathy and Mick that we took last Christmas. On the left you will see a photo scanner - which I have scanned a ton of old pictures on. My current computer desktop background is a picture of the parasols at the Wynn Hotel in Vegas, and my mouse pad is fifties retro. Cute huh?
So, there it is. My fru fru desk. It is girly and somewhat cluttered, but it is all mine!
Doug and I went out for Chinese food last night, and I got another cool fortune out of my cookie.
My mom came to my house to see Briana's finished nursery on Friday, and she brought me this beautiful angel doll. The doll plays "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and her head moves as the music plays. She is so cute! I know Briana will love her, and I will play this doll for her all of the time.
Well, here it is! Briana's room! I still have some final touches to make, but now I have the big furniture - crib, glider, ottoman and dresser with changing table top.
I just had to post this. This is the proof that the CCAA only matched two whole days of LID's.
I am starting to get over the shock of finding out how many days the CCAA matched this month. Last week was unbelievably stressful. The waiting, the pacing, the wondering was almost more than I could bear. Though the answer that finally came was majorly disappointing, it was at least it was an answer.
It is looking like there were only 2 or 3 LIDs matched for this batch of referrals. Devastating doesn't even begin to describe this situation. I thought I would have a May referral for sure, now I'm thinking June - maybe June - hopefully June. I haven't gotten any confirmation from my agency yet about this, but I have seen this info in enough places to know it is true.
Every time I hear "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne on the radio, I think about my baby in China. I also think about me and Doug. Doug and I need to keep holding on to each other and to our dream of meeting our daughter soon. Briana needs to hold on because her mommy and daddy will be there soon to bring her home. Hold on baby girl...we are almost there.
My friend Debra (who came to visit a few weeks ago) sent this picture to me a few days ago. She took this picture of Doug and Spencer right after we ate at "Sal Grosso", a Churrascaria restaurant. Basically, it is an all you can eat type restaurant. Gauchos (servers) walk around with meat on skewers, and they slice the meat onto your plate. Anyway, I told Debra about this restaurant and she really wanted to bring her husband Dave. She decided to make it a surprise, so we didn't tell him where we were going to dinner that evening. Dave was smiling ear to ear when we parked in front of the building. Doug met us at the restaurant because he had to work that day, but when Dave saw Doug, he walked up to him and gave him a hug. What is it with men and all you can eat beef, chicken and lamb? I think it was a male bonding moment. No kidding...
