Our Adoption - 8 weeks to go 5/31/2005
Week 42
Once again my update post is about 5 days late. I sort of tuned out for a few days and had something of a holiday. 
Last week Steve had his repeat doctor appointment, blood draws, and more vaccination shots. We received the renewed agency license for our homestudy, which we will be getting an apostille for and sending off to Ukraine later this week.
I’ve switched gears with my reading and picked up The Post-Adoption Blues again. We purchased it back at the beginning of our process to adopt, and I even started reading it then. At the time, it seemed dry and rather unengaging. Now, with our impending trip so close, it has been an amazing book to read. It is describing so many of the feelings I have had and am having and explains how many of those feelings can lead to something of a let-down once you return home with your child. The timing of this read couldn’t be more perfect, as we want to be ready for whatever might be coming our way, even if it might be negative feelings, disappointment in our child or ourselves, disillusionment, and so on. I just marvel at how timing is such an important element in how we respond to things.
We still have quite a bit of shopping to do for our trip, but it will happen in due time. I did manage to at least figure out what I would wear to our appointment at the NAC and to court. It uses one item I already have plus one new purchase so far, and I may need to buy new shoes. But the decision having been made is a big one. The remainder of my wardrobe while I’m there is of little to no consequence. It will primarily just be comfortable and washable (by hand). I’m grateful we’ll be traveling in summer as it makes packing light a much more feasible endeavor.
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