The first week of kindergarten is complete. Everything went well. I cried. He did not. Good. School has started for me - Yikes! It is sooooo much work. All of my free time is spent studying. I feel guilty doing this right now. The only time I have with Flippity is waking him in the morning and rushing him out the door. They are both asleep when I get home at night. I know it won't be forever and school is so stimulating. I love the school, I hate the being away yet love it at the same time. I feel like I am finally doing something for myself. I know it will benefit the whole family in the end. The Big Guy has really been picking up the slack and doing a great job at it. Baby M is still a crappy sleeper which has been a challenge for quality sleeping purposes. He is doing well with the sitter. He is having to go there 3 hours per day while I go to school. He screams like someone is ripping the heart out of his very chest when I leave him, but he settles down quickly.
Courts are closed in Ethiopia, like every summer. We are still 91/2 months behind the next person on the waiting list. And the next person on the waiting list may be the next person for months. It is just how it all falls. Not in a rush to get a referral. When it happens, the timing will be right (I hope). I think about my Ethiopian baby every day. Hopefully as we move into the next year, and our agency has to get reaccredited in Ethiopia, everything will work out. Please God it has to.
