Shelba

Thanks!

Thanks for all of the kind words about Taiwan not being an option for us.  I do wish they had given us a chance, but I'm okay with it.  It does hurt to be rejected, I'm not going to lie.  And to have the agency person tell me she was shocked that China even approved us kind of smarted.  But, what can I do?  Nada.  Accept it.  And move on.  China it is!  Unless something happens.  Then no China.  Then what?  I don't know!  Who will have us? 

The funny thing is that I wasn't 100% on board with Taiwan.  I was wishy washy about the whole thing.  I agonized over whether to switch or not.  We hadn't even decided that we would do it.  Initially, it never occurred to me that they would say no.  Not until I started hearing that other families were denied. 

This and That

Long story short.  We applied to adopt from Taiwan.  Preapproval was sent off.  Three months later we FINALLY got an answer from the agency that the answer is no.  The reason?  My heart.  End of story.  Such is life.  Such.  Is.  Life.  It is fine.  And I mean that! It was not meant to be. 

At Disney, I tried getting Grrltravels to start a wave while we were waiting in a huge stadium filled with tons of people. She didn't want to do it!  Hmmm, why not?  And neither did the people behind us.  Hah!  It was fine because within seconds someone else started and we did the wave several times.  Phew. 

My favorite "scary" ride at Disney?  The Tower of Terror.  Love that ride.  I really need to scan in the pic of Grrltravels and me on the Tower of Terror as it is hilarious.  Good times.  I still miss her.

Home

We're home.  We were sad to leave and Zorba is still asking to go back.   It is safe to say that we have joined the cult of Disney and that we're already plotting our return.  Why?  Because we had the best time ever!  Doing Disney with good friends is the way to go, I must say.  Having to say good bye to the good friends is crap though.  The best way to do it is too it fast and walk away quickly. 

So now we're adjusting to life without Disney and without the Grrltravels family and it is rather sad and lonely.  We miss you Grrltravels Family!  We miss you Disney! 

Okay, time to go mop the kitchen floor.  And do some laundry.  And run some errands.  Sigh.

Going home