As I mentioned in my last post, I’m feeling much better. Better living through modern medicine. Although I don’t necessarily think antibiotics, or at least the ones I’m taking, are that modern. Two more days and I’ll be done with this course. And then I get to start following up on all the recommendations, both from my doctor and from friends, that I begin using one of these.
Gives me chills just thinking about it. And yes , I know it may help. Yet the idea of pouring a warm saline liquid up my nose still doesn’t thrill me!
Now for an adoption update. When last I wrote I had just finished a very, um, awkward (I’m trying to practice being diplomatic) conversation with HH’s supervisor. Despite that event, HH does seem to be a bit more, dare I say it?!, friendly when he’s on the phone with me. Of course, here it is, two weeks later, and he told me he is going to submit our report to his supervisor for approval today. I’m sure that since this week is Thanksgiving there isn’t going to be any progress.
Pardon me while I get into my Zen pose for a moment.
Thanks for your patience. So anyway, in the two weeks since I last spoke about HH, I had a slight run-in with the other social worker who works for the State and who is responsible for licensing our home. She needed one other form from us which ended up taking a couple of weeks to get. I submitted that four weeks ago last week. I’m sure you can guess, but we didn’t get any news. I didn’t think it was problematic until HH called telling me he needed a copy of our license in order to submit his report. Ugh…
So a little less than two weeks ago I began calling Mrs. Y (the State licensing analyst with whom we had been working). And for a little less than two weeks I didn’t get a response. Finally, last week Friday I called with my “concerned client” call explaining how because I haven’t heard from her I was beginning to worry about her and would try to contact her supervisor to make sure she was alright.
I had a return phone call within the hour. Now, prepare yourself, turns out she was busy. IMAGINE! I had no idea there were people in this world who were busy. I thought everyone out there was like me with oodles of spare time on their hands. GIVE ME A BREAK!
So she explains that she knows she was past her 90 day time frame (which I wasn’t even aware of!) but she was swamped for the rest of (last) week and wouldn’t be able to issue our license until today (Monday). So I have to call her to follow-up (baby’s done leaving things to chance!) and to make sure she faxes a copy to HH.
Zen break…
Other than the stress of all this, I had a fabulous weekend! I spent two solid days working in my office (well, it’s really my sewing room, but My Partner feels left out when I call it that, so it’s referred to as The Office.). I’m doing a bunch of embroidered snowflakes for our tree and as small gifts for our Xmas cards. Or maybe I’ll make them a part of our Xmas card.
I also, in true Frank style, decided yesterday to make a Hostess Gift for our neighbors who invited us to Thanksgiving dinner. They were surprisingly fast.
As you can see from the button on the side, I’m trying to do a Handmade Holiday, so most of the gifts I’m giving this year are either made by me, or hand-made by someone else and purchased by me. Three special little girls are going to get the flannel night gowns I’ve been working on. Most of our friends are going to get embroidered napkins (I purchased the napkins. Even I have reasonable limits!)
You can also see from the glaring absence of the NaBloPoMo button that I’m no longer participating (well, did I ever, really?!) in the blog-until-my-fingers-and-your-eyes-bleed month. Let’s speak no further about this embarrassing blog debacle.
That’s about it! I hope those of you who are traveling do so safely. And that everyone (in the US, the rest of you, make due!) has a Happy Thanksgiving Week (oh, yes, he extended it from a day to a week! If we can have Xmas crap in stores since mid-October, we can have a Thanksgiving Week!).
Frank Notes 
