Home sweet home

We got back from Honolulu late Saturday night and we're still adjusting to the time change. I think that I'm pretty much back to normal but everyday after work I still have a quick nap. Brian still hasn't put our pictures onto the computer so I can't post any yet. Hopefully he'll get a chance soon to get that done. Since we've been home the weather has been terrible. We've had lots of rain and cold temperatures. Just plain gross! I'm ready to leave again right now! The weather is supposed to be like this for at least the next week but I'm really hoping that things will soon change.

I've been watching tons of hockey since returning home. My team, the Boston Bruins, are up 3 to 0 against Philadelphia. I could sit and watch hockey all night. Oh yeah, I do sit and watch hockey all night.

As usual, there is no news on the adoption front. I saw that a few people had posted on the Yahoo group that ICAB were now matching families who were approved in May, June, and July 2008 but it seems like forever since the last referral. Two years is quickly approaching and it looks like we still have longer to wait.

Only 28 hours

In 28 hours we leave to fly home and I am definitely not ready to go. We've had such a great time and have done so much. We've hiked, kayaked, went to the beach, snorkelled, went to a luau and lots more. The weather has been amazing. I could get used to this life! When we get home I'll post some more pictures of our trip. I'm also going to do a scrapbook of our trip. I'm addicted to scrapbooking and use any excuse to do one. There has been no news on the adoption front. I think that I heard somewhere the wait could go to 30 months but I'm not sure if that is correct or not. I'm hoping that we won't be waiting that long but the one thing that I know is that nothing is predictable in this adoption rollercoaster!

We're here!!

Well it certainly was a long trip but we are now in Honolulu. In total we travelled for 24 hours which is a long time but I'm sure that it will certainly we worth it. The time difference from Newfoundland is 7.5 hours, with Newfoundland being ahead so this morning I was up at 4:30 am. I'm now trying to waste a little time until the sun starts to come up so I can run outside. It is still completely dark out so I'll have to wait a little longer.

There is nothing new on the adoption front. I gave our social worker our e-mail address and contact info for Hawaii just in case we are matched while we are away. That will most likely never happen but I just wanted to be prepared.

The fog has cleared!

We are now at the airport and it looks like our flight will be leaving on time afterall. When we woke up this morning, most of the fog had cleared. Look out Hawaii, here we come!

Fog, fog go away!

Well it has been extremely foggy here for the past week. Today you can barely see the house across the street. Our flight is supposed to leave 6:00 tomorrow morning but I'm not even sure if the plane will be able to land tonight and even if it does, I don't know if the plane will be able to take off tomorrow morning. I really hope that we get out because the weather in Hawaii right now is beautiful and I don't want to miss one minute of it.

We had a fantastic girls weekend and spent 8 hours in the hot tub. I came home very wrinkly and water logged but we totally enjoyed the hot tub. I'd like to get one for our backyard eventually.

23 months and counting!

Another month down and how many to go?? I can't believe that we have almost reached the two year mark since ICAB approval. The referrals have been few and far between so hopefully there is a big batch right around the corner. I am away this weekend on a girls weekend. This time we rented a cabin with a hot tub outside. We were all very excited about this until we heard that there is supposed to be heavy rain, wind and fog all weekend. It looks like we'll be stuck inside which means we'd better load up on snack food!

Predictions

When we were first ICAB approved in May 2008, I predicted that we would be matched on April 13, 2010 which is today. We did not get the call today so I guess that I was wrong but we did get a call to say that our update is being sent off to the Philippines today. Finally our update is on it's way to ICAB. Since my first prediction was wrong, I'll make a second prediction. I'm guessing July 8. Let's see if I am right this time!