Moms with waaaaay too much time...

So, in the mail last night, I received a catalog for an on-line announcement/card company...(I won't go into the idocy of that oxymoron. Let's just say that I work in the print industry and I've come to realize how much of us are unnecessary.)

Inside on page 30-some is a cute little foldover card in the hot dark brown and accent tones. It says on it, I am not shitting you:
"Let's get together for a playdate!"

And inside it has the super-chic, wanna be Gwyneth/Jennifer/Angelina moms info, with a little week laid out in a grid under it. I guess you just put the time in the right box under the right day of the week!?! Like a dental appointment?

If your kid has that big a social calendar that:
a. You have to order these in bulk...
b. You have so many to write out you can't email/write your addy on a piece of paper without seriously impacting your yoga/baby and me/baby french/baby fencing/wine tasting/baby particle physics class schedule...
c. The circle of friends is so wide that your "friends" don't know where you live...
I personally hypothize that you're teaching your kid the wrong priorities in life. And you kid probably never sees, hummmm, oh that's right...You.

But that's from a plain-Jane midwest mom, I'm not kewl like y'all, I guess. And I like it that way.

It's All My Fault...

We got in line with China back right after the first 1/2 month of referrals came thru...the beginning of the Great Slowdown. Not that we knew that, cause our shit agency didn't tell us crap...

Now, we've been in line, I just realized, with Taiwan just over a month...and we get a newsletter from our agency today...
Projected wait times for our program? Last newsletter: 10-12 months. This one? 12-18, conservatively. Whatever that means...

Yes, that's it folks, we are the whole problem with international IA...us wanting a few rughuggers. Sorry. Blame me. Throw shoes at me, but make sure they aren't tacky...

Famous last words you can laugh at later...
Right now, I'm ok with it. We had planned 24 months when we signed on, not realizing this program was initially that much faster. I had seen it creeping up, I was guessing 14 or 15. It just scares me a wwweeeeeee bit, cause I've learned it's always twice as bad as they say...

I would like to be there before 2010 is over. That's just me. I don't know why.

Are y'all done laughing at that "I'm ok" statement yet?

I'll also say that I was shocked that one month was gone. Last time, waiting for H, I was walking around my office whining that I wanted my baby by now. I'm thankful any part of this wait is going easier for me...

And y'all can laugh when I crash and start whining again, that I brought it on myself, cause I will, cause I have that 2010 thing in my head...it's just a question of when. I'm also humbled by so many friends still waiting for China. We waited 2 years, the wait just surpassed 3.

Right now, I'm still breathing. Still steady.