Made of Honor

My friend Lisa called yesterday and asked if I wanted to "get away" and go see the movie, Made of Honor. I needed a bit of a get-away so I readily agreed and after Joshua's ballgame this afternoon, we went to Calhoun's for dinner and then on to the theatre to see the movie.

So, now this has been a big movie week for me -- two movies in a week -- WOW! I haven't seen two movies in six months and now two.

Anyhow, this was a cute, predictable boy and girl are friends but are probably secretly in love with one another and the ensuing drama as they try to determine if they can overcome her engagement to another man.

It was nice to get away for a few hours and have some girl-talk time. I needed it!

The stress of waiting is beginning to get to me. I have waited (as patiently as I can) since August 2004 for this child. And while that time was hard, these last few weeks have been really trying because the end is in sight and I can do nothing to know when it might come.

The Kyrgyzstan adoption community (all you blog readers and members of the yahoo group) have been extremely supportive and I'm really not sure how I would have made it some days without your encouragement. While family, friends and church members are also encouraging, folks who are in process truly understand how hard the wait is. It's been three weeks since our agency's last referral. The country restructuring is still going on, I suppose and my understanding is that part of that include appointing a new person to sign off on referrals, so I guess that might be why no one is seeing any referrals from any agencies (that I have heard or seen). It's hard to make plans and not know when we might be travelling. We make commitments but have to preface everything with, "If we aren't traveling." We look at our calendar and wonder what we might have to cancel. Our calendars are particularly full right now. We've been doing this for three weeks and don't know when we might expect it to change. It's hard.

So... that being said, it was really, really good to get to go out and have a normal night out with a friend and not think about adoption, calendars and responsibilities. The popcorn and coke were just a bonus!