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Today we got our dossier back from the Chinese consulate in Chicago. I WAS going to drive it to our agency for final approval and it would get sent to China Fri. BUT, our background checks were more than 6 months old (6months and 11days). Sooooo, they would not authenticate them. No document can be more than 6 months old, we missed it by 11 days. Soooo, now we have to redo our background check. Then it will go to Indy to be state sealed and then to the consulate in Chicago again. What we thought was going to be this Fri. the 8th for our dossier to be sent to China, will be probably be one more month. So we get to add one more month to the time frame it has taken us to complete our paperwork. The end of April will be one year. We possibly could be the slowest people ever to complete their dossier. I should check the Guinness Book of World Records. Our wait does not start until our dossier(paperwork) is in China and logged in to their system. The wait right now for a baby is at two years. I may have to install a baby seat on my walker by the time she gets here. Shoot, at this rate I will be on a walker BEFORE our dossier gets to China!!!!! By the time she gets here maybe I will have one of those nice electric scooters in metal-flake red with a basket on the front!

I Love You Julie – for all these reasons and so many more. . . .

Well, after nearly 6 years away from the work-a-day world, Julie headed back to work today. Just last week she applied as a substitute teacher at the local elementary and Junior High schools. Then, just as we hoped, 6:30AM this morning, the phone rang and the Junior High was in need of an English teacher. By 7:15AM, the part-time teacher was poised and ready.  She grabbed quick cup of coffee and a frozen dinner for lunch and was out the door.