we had a less than stellar experience with bank of america earlier in the week trying to get a confirmation letter that i had been a customer in good standing for however long. it was amazing how arrogant and ridiculous the people working there were. it was almost unbelievable how unwilling they were to even listen to us or offer alternate suggestions, but what really did us in was the attitude... we ended up leaving commenting on their lack of customer service and thanking them for absolutely nothing. insanely, they kept telling us what a huge bank they were and touting that statement like it was something wonderful to behold, and yet all we wanted was for someone to listen to us and tell us what they could do. we obviously are not the first people to adopt internationally and need the information we requested. i was able to get some great feedback and support from friends and my yahoo group, both of which helped a lot. if you're one of the people that listened to my rant, thank you!
our little bug ended up with pneumonia this week. it is truly horrible. i'm so so glad that we caught it early enough to treat it with antibiotics and no hospital stay was required. on the down side, he's got to take antibiotics twice a day for 10 days. i wish there was a shot he could get instead. his sensory issues make it such a difficult task for him to take the liquid. the main problem is that it triggers his gag reflex and he doesn't want to "jerk" (dry heave ready to throw up... he calls it "doing the jerk"). we've got him drinking lots of water and gatorade and sleeping on a small ramp to elevate him, plus the vaporizer at night. his energy level is back to normal and he's been eating so much better today, though his cough still sounds horrible.
after all of our summer/fall projects around the house (pavers, cay's room, completing nursery, tons of painting due to contractor mess) we figured we were mostly done with house projects, and of course danny made me promise not to touch our bathroom for at least 6 months... or was it a year? i don't recall. however, we do need to touch up our fence... not completely re-do, just touch up. we're adding more boards for privacy, plus hopefully it will alleviate some of the dog's stress from skateboarders with sticks. hmm... we'll see. we still have to do the steps with pavers once the weather gets nicer, and cement in that corner of the street where mud and leaves meet to form a special gunk that is hard to get rid of. personally i figure since adoption lends itself to so much waiting, we may as well get these things out of the way while we wait. once we have piper home we won't want to do any house projects!
we watched the ethiopia portion of "africa" with khalid and it was really good. i'm excited to see the rest of the discs, but i'm glad we started with ethiopia. it was very interesting, and quite touching. i feel a longing in my heart already, and it grows as i learn more about the country and culture.
taxes will be done next week and ready to finalize, thank goodness... one less thing to think about!
*good morning "M"! we should be getting your picture in the mail along with some more information about you and your family. i hope you have a great day today... we love you*
PS: just got this amazing book this week... gorgeous photos and great info in a kid friendly format! we highly recommend this:
Today didn't start off so well. I was having a "challenging" morning. BUT THEN... this afternoon, driving home,I had a day dream about the airport. Nothing could get me down after that. it was a goosebumb experience.
ReplyDeletei *love* that! we are so happy that you will be sharing the entire journey with us... thank you for your support and love, sweet dy.
ReplyDeleteTonight, we talked about how many boys versus girls there would be, depending on who Piper turns out to be. I love this family.
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