The rumor sites are buzzing with activity about a possible referral this week for people with log-in dates through November 7, 2005 (our LID is November 7). We're both still treating these as rumors and nothing close to fact at this point. Even the Rumor Queen (major China rumor site) is reporting the 11/7 LID referral rumor as only an "R3" -- meaning that it is not even close to confirmed. So we're powering through and just waiting to hear from Barker Foundation.
It's is fun to see people's reactions. My favorite so far is the one that Jim Heverin posted on his blog yesterday. As noted in our previous postings, Jim and Debbie are in our China travel group and they have the same 11/7 LID as us. Jim's blog posting yesterday said the following:
Oh jeeze...oh crap.....oh man........I...uh......buh
WE HAVE A SIGHTING OF THE GREAT WHITE BEASTIE, CAP'N AHAB, SIR!
It looks like we are in for this month!!!!! We should get a referral in the next few days!!!!! From that site and related sites, it appears there are at least two confirmed referrals with dates of 11/7/05, and at least two confirmed people who said they just missed with dates of 11/8 and 11/9. This means we just BARELY made it!
That pretty much sums up the anticipation. But as we keep saying, we're "cautiously optimistic" that we'll be hearing something in June but we're leaving it at that for now. Sounds sort of Alan Greenspan-esque but that's our story and we're sticking with it. We don't want to have any irrational exuberance. By the way, to check out Jim's full set of blog postings, check out the link to "Jim and Debbie's Adoption Blog" in the links section to the right. And to see the insanity of the rumor blogs, check out the "Rumor Queen" link.
As we wait to hear news on the referral, we have been getting some wonderful letters with fabric swatches and good wishes notes for the "100 Wishes Quilt" project that we have asked friends and family to contribute to. It's fun to have so many of our closest friends and family be part of this process with us and to see what they come up with in the fabric samples and the notes. In answer to the question "are you going to sew the quilt yourselves?", the answer is a big "are you kidding?!". We don't even own a sewing machine! We are working with an artist and expert quilt maker to put the quilt together. She promises that it won't be Laura Ashley-looking -- which is a good thing in our book. So we have a box that we are putting all of the fabric samples and good wishes notes in as we save them for the quilt-maker.
Ok - that's it for now. Hopefully more to come later this week or early next week.
J.
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I think the moral of this story is, continue to breathe deeply, and resist the urge to use your driver, since you're very close to the green. (Amazing how Doug and Joseph keep teaching me golf metaphors even though I don't play.) We have our fingers crossed for you (and I love it when you update the blog).
Irrational exuberance wins the day! Yo ho!
Jim Hev here. Just thought I'd pop over to see you guys.
We saw the rumor sites last night around 10pm and the one site had 4 confirmed hits, so I just extrapolated out the data and got within one hour (Emily called at 1p...I chided her for being an hour early since all the other west coast seemed to have gotten calls at 2pm...she laughed and said she was so excited she called first BEFORE she went to lunch).
I've been burning the paperwork & research candle all day (go over to our blog and check out our post tonight...it has everything updated). Whew, got good info on the orphanage we're going to and everything...you should see an e-mail coming your way.
Gotta go take care of Deb. She's been a ball of high-energy since I told her today. She's still wound up tighter than a drum...heh.
See you guys later.
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