Month: September 2009

Thanks to everyone for their encouragement and kind wishes!  We have to turn in our many-page family profile this week, so we’ll be working on that until Thursday.  I think I’ve sufficiently cleared the decks to allow us to work on it with minimal interruption.

Here’s an FYI for those who might still be reading this and are interested in the progression of our little lives.  The Woobs and I have started attending the state mandated classes to become licensed foster/adoptive parents in the state of NC.  This is a very big deal for us right now, but I realize that I didn’t tell a lot of people we were thinking about it, because we are both pretty nervous about whether or not we will be able to do it.  For one thing it means that we will be more or less unavailable on Thursday nights for the next few months as that’s when the classes take place.  For another we are trying to think of three non-relatives who might be willing to give us a letter of reference.  It’s mostly a matter of being spoiled for choice.  We’ll also have to make some modifications to the house, but they appear to be more or less manageable.

The wheels of bureaucracy turn pretty slowly, so we probably won’t have a little person in the house until sometime after the New Year at the soonest, and even then, we’re trying to work for an adoption placement which might take even longer.  However, we remain hopeful.  I know I’m ready to expand our family, and since we can’t formally adopt any of our wonderful friends, we’re going to try opening our lives to a child who needs a home.

• 16:21 I know I’ve been out of sight for a while. Took a little stay-cation to allow myself to decompress. Back at work now and doing fine. #

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Yes, despite the sincere effort on the part of the Woobs to drive us into exhaustion, we lived through the whole weekend, LARP, travel, wedding and all. We took a recharge day at home today and we’re both back at work tomorrow.  The cats are happy to see us back and have been extra snuggly.  Here’s a nice pic of`us as Jef-f-f the recovering road worker and Ada the kitchen wench.   It was taken by a very nice lady named Rowena who was also a new player at the LARP.

We forgot the camera for the wedding, but I expect Gavin and Lilith will have links to their pictures up very soon.  There were LOTS of people taking pictures, as they chose a very beautiful venue for the ceremony.

Anyway, back to work for us.

• 14:17 I’m trying to think of something clever to say, but nothing presents, so BLEAH! #

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Vicitm tracks muggers with stolen IPhone

The only thing better would have been if the phone had turned into a tiny crazed robot and machine gunned their knees, but Nokia doesn’t make the IPhone.