Our Dossier is Off To DC!

Today I got the last of our documents authenticated by the Secretary of State, and then I took everything straight to the FexEx drop off. I must have checked and rechecked that envelope about ten times to make sure everything was there and I wasnt forgetting anything. I have kept those papers so close to me for so long now, that handing them over to some stranger was really tough! I actually thought for a minute that I could deliver them to DC myself. Im crazy enough to do it too, believe me! These days I have been so desperate to have something, anything, happen that it wouldnt have phased me in the least to hop on I-95 and head up to the Embassy.

But Im trying to keep my nuttiness in check as much as possible, so I reluctantly handed my stack of documents over to the kid standing behind the counter at Kinkos. Then I walk out of the store and Im thinking that my papers will be on a plane! My precious papers! My homestudy, and my 171-H!!! My medical clearances that I had to have our doctor redo three times are on that plane! What if something happens to the plane? What if they get lost somehow? What will I do then?!?!?

Completing paperwork and tracking down legal documents has been a regular part of my routine since what.......back in the fall sometime? And now, right now, I can say that I have no paperwork to do. And it feels weird, although Im so relieved because Im exhausted! This last part of getting the dossier together was tough for me. Probably because we wasted three whole months with the first agency, so when it got time to do the dossier, I couldnt get things together fast enough. I know I bring on some of my own stress, but I just cant help it right now. Im to the point where I just want this paperchase to be over once and for all, and I just want to hold my baby.

But I can really see that were getting close now because there really isnt much more to do on our end. The last thing when everything gets back here will be just checking to make sure all the documents got stamped properly, then sending it all to the agency. I think thats about it!

Then the real wait starts.......