FALLING IN PLACE

The past week has been such a blur.  My mind has been so overloaded, that if I wake in the middle of the night (which I have been doing a lot of lately), my mind starts racing with all the things I need to do yet.  It is amazing all that goes into planning an international trip, not to mention more paperwork that comes with the adoption, which is multiplied as well with not just one child, but two!  I won't complain, though, because honestly today I am feeling somewhat in awe that things are really falling into place!!  It starts with purchasing round trip international airline tickets, which miraclesly squeeze into our schedule, getting us back in time for Cyrus' 8th grade graduation in plenty of time!!  I review the 25 pages of guidelines for our travel, which means another trip to town.  Then, we have to purchase flight insurance, chose a guest house to stay at while over there and then receive our itinerary of our schedule to review since they are open to changes in restaurants that are "approved" and places to sight-see that they approve of as well, which really just means they are safe for tourists.  Oh, then we are filling out paperwork to leave in Ethiopia, so after we pass court, our I-600 forms are filled out to claim these orphans as our immediate relative!!  YAYY!!  Paperwork wouldn't be complete with a trip to get some papers notarized either!!  Then, we are packing for our church convention all the while, working on my "second" list for Ethiopia.  Last night I went through some hand-me-downs that are  12 month clothing for Bereket, but since I think a lot of them will be too small for him, I am taking a lot over to leave at the orphanage.  Then, I had to dig around in the 18 month clothes I am storing for him....  sweetness!!  What is closing in, now, is the reality that this IS really happening.  Our table conversations have been a lot about our traveling to ET, questions, talking about Eden and Bereket!!  It is looking more and more like I will be able to make it on that plane!!