Stuff...

1. My car is fine...it was a clamp/hose thing after all. Thanks for your good wishes!


2. I can't get photos to upload onto my blog page. I have cute ones of little Owen Danh and his giraffe buddy Emma but I'm having no luck. Blogger makes me wait forever and then I get an error message. Any ideas?

Onto other things...

I am not at all patient today...

Here is what I have cooking up in my pot.

• Jan 20th, in country facilitator mentions a specific number of babies from a specific area of Vietnam to travelling families.
• Jan 24th, retiring agency director tells a fellow AP (with a referral), "Tell your friends to relax, there are lots of babies coming."
• Early February, agency top gun suggests to my social worker, "Perhaps updated documents will be irrelevant because there is hope her referral may come before they expire." (Due to expire April 16th: Note, I updated them anyways.)
• March 18th, we are notified in a memo that the agency will be working with Thai Nguyen (not the same province mentioned by the in-country person Jan. 20th) and that referrals were expected in the next month (not specifically from TN). This is plural referrals in a singular month. In writing no less.
• March 19th, the top gun tells me, via email, that the two babies mentioned to me in early February are in fact boys and have been tentatively matched. The families are awaiting the paper referral and details.
  Also March 19th, a fellow waiting parent, who we surmise is directly behind me on the list, is told that her referral will be arriving during her scheduled overseas holiday (April 15th to May 7th) and that she might want to reconsider going...

So, do you see where my impatience comes from? The agency's monthly update last came on February 29th. By all accounts that was more than a month ago. Perhaps it is delayed by the wait for China referrals?

Despite Phullabalony Phil's gloomy outlook for myself and wee Benjaminh April may very well be my Mommy Month. I'd be thrilled with late May. Keep your fingers crossed.