Woo Hoo....We're #2!!!

We got word late last night that the family sitting in the #1 spot got their referral!  So this news bumps us up from #3 to the #2 spot.... according to my information.  I'm not sure, but I'm thinking that I like this number a whole lot better than #3!  I'm really hoping that my information is correct. =)

Yesterday afternoon I put in a call to our agency pertaining to something other than where we were sitting on "The List"....but I had an opportunity to talk to the director about that too. (This was way before we heard about the new referral).  The director told me that she never really knows how many babies are ready for referral until all of the paperwork for each baby is sitting on her desk.  In other words....she doesn't keep track of how many children are over at the care center in Ethiopia or what their status may be at any given time.  Understandable....because she's a pretty busy lady.  I told her about all of my concerns about our busyness and the possibility of us moving and other things that were causing me to wish I knew when we would be getting our referral and also when we would be having to travel. Now that we probably will have to travel twice, that complicates things even more.  

**We talked about a few things and then just before I got off the phone with her she said "I have a sense that it won't be long now....everything will be just fine".  Hmmmm.**

Is this just a kind reassurance meant to make me think it will be soon so I won't bug her about it or is this a statement from a woman who knows more than she's willing to tell?  =)   I'm not sure.  Although, at this point she did know that the list was going to be moving again and I would be one step closer....because she either already had, or was just about to phone the family at the #1 spot.

Yes, I'm starting to feel like Sherlock Holmes.....searching for all of the clues and putting the pieces to this mystery together to solve the puzzle.  I am really trying hard NOT to do this though.  I don't want to overanalyze or think about it too much....I don't want to set myself up for disappointment.  And...just so you know...I don't spend 24/7 thinking about this.

One thing that keeps sticking in the back of my brain is the info we got a while back about there being 8 babies in the nursery in Ethiopia.....only two were girls.  So, with these two recent referrals of baby girls, I think the list is doomed to stop moving for a while.

I think I will now go and dwell on something else......I know I must have something to do......I just need to remember what it was......

Doesn't that look sweet?

Have a good day.....

Wendy