The WAIT is a big part of our lives right now. We plan to do things when we're done waiting. Our lives will be significantly different when the WAIT is over. The WAIT started one year ago on August 26, 2005 when our adoption paperwork was officially logged-in by the China Center for Adoption Affairs. We don't know when waiting will end and all we hope is that we will have a baby girl when it does. Then we can get on with our lives and can wait for other things like baby teeth, tantrums, little girl giggles, and high school graduation.
Everyone says to be patient and I am, somewhat, but I'm really starting to despise that word. I can't buy things for the baby because I don't know how old she'll be or how big/small. Will she be here for Christmas? Will we be in China for Christmas? I can't pack for our trip to China because I don't know what season to plan for. Me, who has never been out of the country unless you count Mexico border towns, can't plan this momentous trip. And I plan trips across town!
So...what do you do while you WAIT? Right now my WAIT activities include climbing in out my bedroom window and over furniture while my husband refinishes floors; refinishing various pieces of furniture (that's a fun one); checking the Rumor Queen website for rumors roughly 560 times a day; checking the adoption agency website for concrete information at least 3 times per day even though they only update once a week; avoiding looking in the empty nursery; trying not to think about adoption at work but finding myself staring into space often; enjoying the grandkids, the famous Noodle and Hopers, and my sweet little Blond Boy; and thinking about them playing with their baby aunt, my fourth child, and imagining them all squealing as they run through my house. And if you tell me to be patient with the WAIT, I will smile at you and say through my teeth, "I am patient."
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