Last night, our agency sponsored a conference call for all waiting Kazakhstan adoptive families, which was really cool! It was so amazing to hear the voices of so many people from all over the country as they joined the call. I recognized many names from all the blogs I've visited. I wanted to blurt out "Hey! I know you!" each time someone joined! Hello to all my fellow bloggers and waiting CHI families! It was also great to hear Julie Woods' voice on the line - all the way from Almaty! Hi Julie! The connection was great - I could hear you a lot clearer than I could hear folks in the U.S. Thanks for your insights and your encouragement!
We had been gone all day doing some shopping, and when we got home, there was a message on our phone from our social worker. He was calling with the details for how to join the conference call, but we had completely forgotten that the call was on the 27th - it wasn't even on our minds. When we played the beginning of the message and heard his voice, we suddenly thought... it's THE CALL!!! We dropped the groceries we were putting away and looked at each other with wide eyes. My heart was pounding, but then I realized the REAL purpose of the call. Russell and I cracked up together in the kitchen, took a deep breath, and chalked it up to a "practice run" for the real phone call. :^)
Not much to update you on since my last post, adoption-wise. We're still waiting and hoping that referrals pick up after the new year's holiday. Let's see... what was I doing during my last post? Extracting DNA, reading books, and baking holiday cookies? Yup, that just about sums it up. I'm STILL trying to extract DNA (it's not going so well), still reading books, and I baked (and ate) more cookies than I care to admit (as well as a completely fabulous recipe for chocolate cinnamon bread I got at Starbuck's... we accidentally burned one batch but scraped off the tops and ate them anyways. Such desperation is warranted for this bread - it's just that good. Trust me.)
I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
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Chrissy, my agency had similar teleconferrences 2 times in the past 2 months but unfortunately we were not able to attend. I bet it was great. Good luck with your yummy cookies and enjoy the DNA, soon you will not have too much time :). Catalina.
I would have been freaking out about "the call" too - how fun. Now when you do get the real one, it will be like, oh, okay!
Good luck with the DNA thing, that sounds way over my head, and totally scholarly...
Thats great that Julie was on the phone, I bet she seemed like a rock star!
Agency teleconferences sound like a great idea! Even if there's not much new information, it's a good way to establish there everyone is in the same boat.
I think we are on a similar timeline as you. Maybe we'll see you over there!
Hey guys!
It was so good to be able to participate! My heart sank for you as you described playing the message and thinking it was 'the call' I know the feelings you were describing! It will come :)
We are attempting to bake a New Year's cake in an oven whose temp we cannot control. This should be fun :)
Happy New Year!
How wonderful that you are working with an agency that does things like that. It really has to help you feel not so alone through it all. We used an agency that tried to keep it's clients from ever talking to each other. It is so good that you have just the opposite!
Kim mom to Dmitrii
adopted March 2007
from Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Just checking in to see if you heard any news. Maybe next week.
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