My agency contact has requested an appointment date at the U.S. consulate for Dec. 14. It takes about two weeks to do the paperwork in order to be ready for the consulate apppointment.
I'm no Stephen Hawking, but my calculations tell me that puts us needing to be in China in about, oh, a week and a freaking half!
What's worse - we have toi be in NYC for two days before the target departure date, so we have to be ready to go to China in one week. ONE WEEK.
Tomorrow, our social worker will come so she can finish our update. I've got about a month's worth of work to accomplish at my job before I go. I have almost no clothes for my new daughter. (I do have a boatload of barely-worn hand-me-downs up in one of the attics. Somewhere. I hope.)
I'm so, so, so unready.
On the other hand, if they told me to get on the plane tomorrow, I would grab my toothbrush, slip on my shoes, pack as many hair accessories for Bee as I can find and head out the door.
Bee needs to look good.
Of course she needs to look good! That goes without saying!
Posted by: ppb | Tuesday, 21 November 2006 at 11:14 PM
Have hairclip will travel!
Posted by: lila | Wednesday, 22 November 2006 at 11:02 AM
You are SO ready.
Posted by: stepblog | Wednesday, 22 November 2006 at 11:44 AM
This is so exciting!! I cannot wait to hear more, and know that you will pull it together with time to spare.
Take care.
Posted by: Amanda | Wednesday, 22 November 2006 at 11:50 AM