FELIX AT THE SDA GATE, "LET ME IN!!!"
Good news this week! The wheels at the SDA are still turning despite the rumors of their adoption quota being met. Our facilitator, Valentina, told us that she expects our dossier to be submitted to the SDA in August, or possibly even July. We will know for sure when the SDA publishes a new list in early June.
"What does that mean?" you ask. Being the geek that I am, I calculated that the average wait between dossier submission and SDA appointments is 120 for other Cathy Harris families with 2008 appointments. In non-Ukraine-adoption-speak that means that we could travel to Ukraine for our first adoption sometime between November 2008 and January 2009.
The waiting is killing us. Until we were in their shoes, we never understood how hard the wait actually is to endure. Anticipation, nerves, excitement...you name it!
Meanwhile, we are considering being trained as a respite family for Boulder County Social Services. Respite families provide care for children who already reside in another Foster Home. The length of time care is provided varies from a few hours to a few weeks. Foster Families use respite care for their foster children when they have other health care appointments, training, time away, special occasions, vacations and family emergencies. The first step is attending an informational meeting. Then we'll decide whether we'll take the next step - two full days of training.
