Reading about the personal stories of the latest referrals

I'm in tears reading all the stories... so amazing, and so exciting -- now just feeling a bit more anxious that it could still be another 2 months before I get the call! I keep hoping to be surprised with the great news sooner. It seems that there aren't any LIDs on June 3rd or 4th (at least on the RQ site polls), so that just has to mean that June 5th is FOR SURE in the next set... right??!!

One more week of school, then I'll be D-O-N-E and have waaaayyy more time for some long awaited reading, prepping, and all the other little things that I've been putting off in place of homework.

Keep all those good vibes coming for a quicker announcement for the next set!

Kung Hei Fat Choy / Happy Chinese New Year!! It's been a Busy Week!

Lots going on this past week... turned in the near final version of my Capstone (e.g. Thesis) to graduate with my masters degree and celebrated my 15 year anniversary at my company with a couple of special gifts for myself... the rings I've been wanting to symbolize all the accomplishments of the past few years while waiting for my Butterfly!

I had a last minute change in plans to go up to see my team in Oregon and ended up going a day early to join a team of others who were already there and went straight out to a great chinese dinner... no, my fortune cookie did not include the one I had hoped for, but at least the rumors turned out to be better than expected prior to CNY for those with LIDs through June 2nd!  It's been a roller coaster this past couple of weeks, but this next couple of months waiting for the next set of referrals is going to be torture!! I'm not sure how much  more behind CNY is going to put the next announcements, but I'm going to expect about a 2 months wait for the good news and hopefully be pleasantly surprised if it comes sooner. 

I just know my Butterfly is going to be here soon, and CCAA is sure to get through June 5th, with only 3 days in between this latest batch... please, oh please, oh please!!!

Here are some of the sites posted through RQ of those who received referrals through June 2nd:
Go to http://chinaadopttalk.com/2011/02/02/7779/ view blogs that have pictures of some of the very cutest babies!

Finally, a bit more than just a rumor

Last month, I had pretty well resigned my thoughts that CCAA would only get to about June 2nd prior to CNY, and sure enough, today it was confirmed by a few agencies that they will be mailing the next batch of referrals sometime this week and their cutoff is June 2nd... So, now the question is, can they get to June 5th by the next batch??  I believe they can and I believe they will!!! 

The saving grace for me is that I have had to focus on wrapping up my thesis without being so distracted by any extra excitement. 2.3 more weeks and I'm done!! Whoo Hoooo!

Come one, come all, please send any extra positive thoughts this way and let's all make sure they will get through June 5th, and hopefullly through at least June 6th in their next batch, just to be on the safe side!!

Thanks to you all for keeping positive and I look forward to the "extra" time I'll have in March to get more prepared and hopefully see many of you, before the big trip.

A glimmer of hope for a few today...

The first post of the day on RQ was downer news that mentioned a bad-day rumor that the next referrals would not come until after CNY... then later on, a new rumor that said:

• joanie9766 Says:
  January 25th, 2011 at 6:38 pm Just wanted to let everyone know that my agency e-mailed me a couple of hours ago and said “We were told that the CCAA would be mailing out the next group of referrals this week!”
  I really hope that there info is correct.
  Joanie and Lenny
  LID 5/30/06 (NEXT)
  
  
• mom23boys Says:
  January 25th, 2011 at 6:57 pm That is much better!!!!! Woo Hoo- buckle up!!!!
  
  
• allison616 Says: January 25th, 2011 at 7:34 pmYahooooo! Now, that’s more like it… please be true, please be true… fingers crossed!  

Thanks to all of you who post your stories, they really do help!

Allison
6/5/06 (Next, Next??)

I'm down to 4 more weeks of school, but no new rumors...

It's been over two weeks since I've been checking the CCAI website and reading that that CCAA is working on the next set of matches" but there's still no rumors on RQ, and I'm not holding my breath that they will actually get to my LID in this next set of matches. At this point, I really don't expect that they will even get to June 3rd... the way things are currently going, my guess is I won't hear anything on my match date until after Chinese New Year (CNY) which starts in early Feb and will likely delay things until mid to end of March... of course I could get surprised, and that would be a very big surprise, but it's been so long now and I still need to focus on this last 4 weeks of getting my thesis done, so I can graduate!

I'm so looking forward to being able to spend my weekends starting to really get ready for travel and more importantly, coming home to begin this awesome new chapter in my life!

Received my Pre-Placement Packet Today!

Finally :) The Year I can say... Yes! This IS THE year!