Saturday, July 8, 2006
7:50 PM
Yes, I'm feeling very frustrated and very out-of-the-loop right now. I am trying to remind myself she'll be home in just six days, but this was an incredible journey and one of *the* most important things in her life, and I couldn't be there. I was depending on people for information, and it's not coming, so I feel really lost right now.
ANYWAY- there are some new photos, which I'm going to post on Flickr and the Vietnam gallery on my website after I size them down and upload them. Preview pics to come here later! I promise to send everyone the link tonight.
What I do know is that Grace had her medical exam (which she hated with a passion) and checked out okay, except for one of her ears, but we kind of knew that she had something going on. I'm glad the antibiotics worked. She's no longer sick and is keeping all her food down and in. She weighs 18 pounds, so she'll be quite a bundle for me to carry around!
Besides the medical exam, I think they had a few days off to sight-see and shop in Ho Chi Minh City.
Now they are heading towards Hanoi, after a brief stop on the coast for a relaxing weekend. In Hanoi, they'll wrap things up and on Thursday they head home.
Here in Mama-land, I have been packing like a madwoman. Our whole spare room is now wall to wall, ceiling to floor with boxes. Pretty much everything is packed but the furniture (most of which is staying here- buh-bye, college stuff!) and the little things I need to get me through the week. Hopefully, the movers can come Monday or Tuesday and we can get the boxes out of this condo and into the house.
It looks like we might have the Certificate of Occupancy on Monday, if we are lucky. Two and a half years for this house. I don't feel relief- all I feel is completely stressed and terrified. I'll be taking on a house and a baby in the same time period. It's a little overwhelming. At this point, all I want to do is get some things unpacked, so it feels like we have a home again. I'm not good at this living in transition thing.
