Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
posted by K | filed under IF, 9 Months of Awesome | 26 Comments
I’ve been debating for the past 24 hours whether to write this post. The wise, practical, cautious thing to do would be keep my mouth/keyboard shut for a while. But it comes down to this: I’m terrible at keeping secrets. And also, I want to write it all down for posterity. Literally.
So here goes, […]
Monday, September 21st, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption | 5 Comments
In the 80’s, this horrible Christmas movie always came on TV during the holidays. Set in the Australian Outback, it was all about this poor farming family and their trials and tribulations. There’s a devastating brush fire, and a creepy thief Santa, and the freakin’ pet dingo dies!
Being the kind of kids who found […]
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Misfortune | 6 Comments
Bought two pairs of shoes. Ate fried chicken, waffle fries, and a Chik-fil-A milkshake. The cashier’s name at Chik-Fil-A was Greg. Of course it was. Could it have been anything else? Threw up milkshake because head hurt so bad from crying. Slept 12 hours.
It is morning, and life still sucks. I am numb and […]
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Misfortune | 9 Comments
G’s father will not be signing the papers. Today he had a visit scheduled with G and served J papers saying he is suing her for custody of G. His timing could not be worse for deciding to give a shit.
I don’t know what to do with myself. I am wandering around the house […]
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption | 3 Comments
The waiting is still dragging on. G’s father is convinced J is trying to bamboozle him in some way, that she is getting paid for placing G with us, and that her one goal in life is trying to bankrupt him, which doesn’t make a lot of sense considering giving up his rights to […]
Friday, September 11th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Bedrooms, Ooh, Pretty! | 6 Comments
We still haven’t had a definite answer from G’s dad, but things are looking promising. G’s mom spoke with him and answered all his questions, and he said it all sounded good. I think he is probably just overwhelmed and taken aback and needs a little time to process this.
So we are still cautiously […]








