On to the next month!

Yes...March is finally here.

February seemed like the longest month of the year. There were too many things happening. My office site moved in mid-February, a few days prior to Chinese New Year. My co-workers and I didn't realize how complicated moving from one site to another would be until we were in the midst of it all. A lot of the time, we literally felt like "chickens running with no heads." Once we were moved in, there were other technical problems. We were without internet coverage for 2 weeks. We didn't realize how much we rely on computers until then. Meanwhile, my own office wasn't ready until the 1st week of March. I was sharing an office space with one of my co-workers. It was nice but a bit cramped. After moving into my own office 2 days ago, I feel productive again. I'm catching up with what was held up in the "adjustment phase." The light is finally shining through the clouds.

Hubbie & I have been debating whether our daughter a dog or a "golden piggie." I certainly think that we'll be receiving our referral earlier than what he thinks it will be. Only time will tell. I have been following when other Chinese families have received their referrals closely. It looks like the CCAA is doing something different than last year's expedited referral time line. Another blogger's agency just informed them of CCAA's current expedited referral pattern.

"It is getting very difficult to guess when our Chinese descent families might be matched as it has not been very consistent with the CCAA. Right now, ...they continue to match at least two weeks of Chinese descent LIDs every month. We just received matches for Chinese descent families who were logged into the CCAA between April 1 and April 15, 2006."

Hubbie & I will just have to wait a little longer. Friends have said that they are frustrated for us but I don't feel as emotional about waiting a bit longer because I know "the person up there" has matched us to the daughter that's meant to be with us. The waiting is testing our patience but, also, giving us more time to get ready for our little girl. We're enjoying whatever last months of being a couple. Although we haven't had much time to go on trips/vacation this year, just spending the together time and knowing that sometime in 2007 we'll be united with our daughter is a comfort to me (at least for now).