So we are now 6.5 weeks into the wait for Trip 1 and I'm going almost batty. It helps a bit that my agency asked one of their recent "grads" to contact me and answer questions and share her story with me (she is apparently a single mom kinda sorta local to here and she just returned from St. Petersburg after completing the adoption of a little girl). Although I don't know any more details that what I just shared, it's nice to know that there are others, just like me, out there being SUCCESSFUL in their adoption efforts. The infamous chat boards are also a source of small comfort right now as they have just confirmed that most people are in fact waiting 8-12 weeks for trip 1, and 2-10 weeks for trip 2.
That being said my inside struggle has to do with when to tell people about the adoption. Of course my family and close friends know, but I have a reunion coming up and I'm not sure what to share and what to keep close for right now. Additionally, I have not said anything to anyone at work, mostly because the people I work with are VERY gossipy and I don't want to be fodder for their office chats, and partly because I don't think I can handle question after question after question... you get the drift. Of course, then I start to think about how it is not really fair to expect them to just let me waltz to another country for a week or so on three separate occasions with no warning in advance, and I really do owe it to my team to start prepping them for me being gone and completely out of touch for a week at a time, and longer when I come back as I'd like to use FMLA to stay home with RP when her adoption is final. Oh, the decisions...
On a happy note I found the cutest little pink jumper when I was in Disney World last week which of course I just HAD to buy for RP (hopefully in the right size!). The caption below Princess Minnie Mouse reads "Princess in Training," - appropriate, don't you think?
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