red tape, red thread, red cape

The "pregnancy" test is done!  Yes, I am DONE!!!!  It has only taken 5 months for the little positive mark to appear.  Our Dossier is finished!  I ExpressMailed it to my agency yesterday.  By 3pm today--it should be in review. 

I knew our authenticated I-171H was arriving yesterday.  By 1:30 I was off to the post office looking for it.  I thought it was guaranteed by noon but it was guaranteed by 3pm, the "guaranteed by" time is the one bit of information I couldn't find on the tracking tool on the USPS web site.

So in my panic I ran to the post office knowing they would be trying to deliver it while I was gone.  I walked into the post office as calmly as I could and started asking about it, before I could finish the post office lady said, "he is probably at your house right now, he just left about 10 minutes ago".  Of course, Karin's law.  My town is so small population-wise he only had 2 express mail deliveries to do. So I wouldn't be waiting long, thankfully.  Wow, there really are some advantages to living in a dinky town... (Tip: I don't know if it would have been possible to get it so quickly after a failed attempt, from say, FedEx or UPS and yes the small town part helps too.)

Naturally, in my frenzy to find out where my mail was I didn't bring my agency address -- back home I went and my I-171H was there by the time I returned, I  copied it and sent it out.   Now, I am told that it will be wired to China on Friday, there should be enough time for my Dossier consultant to go over it and get it out on that red thread to China. (another Tip: when researching agencies, ask how often they send dossiers to China)

Only, now, 18 hours later as I am writing this, is it starting to sink in.  All this happened on the day I was getting my taxes together. I scheduled our tax appointment thinking I would be waiting for adoption paperwork to be processed not knowing that this would be the day I would be done.  I managed to get our taxes done and get our dossier in on the same day!  I feel so effiecient, so organized, like a mighty multi-tasker, like, dare I say, a super-mom!--it just occurs to me that I am wearing this red cape that my grandparents sent for Christmas to keep me cozy.  dun-da-da!

Comments

[Heather]

Nice Work!!! I was wondering how you were zooming all over the place so quickly... then I saw the cape and strangely it all made sense.... ;)

WOO Hoo - c'mon DTC!!!

[julie]

YAY YAY So, now what are you doing? :) Do we get to see Pics of nursery items and stuff like that? Superwoman SUPERMOM? :) Julie