that song keeps playing in my head as i lay here on our couch, right knee and leg elevated above my heart. the good news is, i made it through surgery last week and both the surgeon and the physical therapists say that everything looks good, swelling is minimal and my bending and straightening are both doing well! the bad news is, i'm stuck laying on my back with my leg elevated and iced for many hours of the day! guess i shouldn't complain, but i get bored easily and don't do well without adult interaction. (and i can't drive myself to the coffee shop every day either!) so needless to say, i'm ready for october and the next couple of weeks to fly by! i've had some great nurses and helpers over the last week - heath, mel, my mom, my dad - and for that i will forever be grateful! also, thanks to everyone who has kept me in their thoughts and prayers during my surgery and recovery time.
now, on to some adoption news! i received a call from bettina today and it's time for us to start working on our dossier! basically what this means is that things are progressing and we now have the pleasure of filling out / responding to fifteen (yes, 15!) documents that will then be sent down to cecilia in bogota (she is the lss bi-lingual representative in colombia) for translation to spanish. once the translation is complete, our dossier will be ready when los pisingos is open to new applications. (don't worry, we're already waiting there, you can only turn in your dossier so far in advance as they expire after a year and they don't want to make you have to re-do everything or pay for translations again.) bettina let me know that it typically takes families 1-3 months to complete all of their documents for their dossier, so i'm guessing we have some work ahead of us again! (what else do i have to do right now anyway?!)
well, the twins/tigers game just started, so i must turn my attention to that! one of our new
favorite players, orlando cabrera, just got a base hit. yay! why is he one of our faves you might ask? well, he is from colombia! yay!!!
oh, by the way, in case you're wondering how the picnic went last sunday, unfortunately we had to miss it. i woke up feeling awful that day (nauseous & dizzy) and couldn't shake it. needless to say, i was very disappointed. bettina told me that they had a great turnout. guess we'll have something to look forward to next year.
happy fall! (apparently it's arrived in full force...)
go twins!
ang
now, on to some adoption news! i received a call from bettina today and it's time for us to start working on our dossier! basically what this means is that things are progressing and we now have the pleasure of filling out / responding to fifteen (yes, 15!) documents that will then be sent down to cecilia in bogota (she is the lss bi-lingual representative in colombia) for translation to spanish. once the translation is complete, our dossier will be ready when los pisingos is open to new applications. (don't worry, we're already waiting there, you can only turn in your dossier so far in advance as they expire after a year and they don't want to make you have to re-do everything or pay for translations again.) bettina let me know that it typically takes families 1-3 months to complete all of their documents for their dossier, so i'm guessing we have some work ahead of us again! (what else do i have to do right now anyway?!)
well, the twins/tigers game just started, so i must turn my attention to that! one of our new
favorite players, orlando cabrera, just got a base hit. yay! why is he one of our faves you might ask? well, he is from colombia! yay!!!oh, by the way, in case you're wondering how the picnic went last sunday, unfortunately we had to miss it. i woke up feeling awful that day (nauseous & dizzy) and couldn't shake it. needless to say, i was very disappointed. bettina told me that they had a great turnout. guess we'll have something to look forward to next year.
happy fall! (apparently it's arrived in full force...)
go twins!
ang
