Monday, November 16, 2009

Once again, mysterious delays

Where are the referrals? There's lots of discussion on Rumor Queen about the delay. Possible reasons are tossed about:

  • New CCAA director wanting to delay and look at how things are done
  • President Obama's visit to China
  • Concerns about H1N1
  • Trying to delay so March 2006 referrals are dragged out over all of 2009

We don't know, and there's nothing we can do. I was surprised by the lack of H1N1 concern during my China trip, but maybe other China regions are more concerned.

So now we just wait, play with the cats, enjoy the holidays, and wonder each day if Rumor Queen (or anyone on China Adopt Talk or Todo Adopcion - the "Spanish Rumor Queen") will throw us a bone.

On Saturday at 4 AM, we'll be in a conference call with our agency about what happens at referral time. At least that's something, or just more preparation to wait, wait, and wait, enjoy Japan, etc. By the way, the Japanese have amazing "winter illuminations" all around for nighttime sightseeing. Christmas music and decorations, too!

We don't have to update our home study after all. In networking all over the globe to find that answer, we've made some new friends, including other adoptive families here in Japan and Asia. All we can do at this point is help each other!

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