For our first adoption, I sweated everything. Every little detail was fodder for me to moan and groan about. Even when things were out of our hands and in the hands of foreign goverments, I still found ways to drive my family (particularly my wife) crazy with all my "what if" questions. Quite honestly, I drove myself nuts too.
We got a quick mix of good news, possibly bad news that I believe I am completely OK with. Our Article 5 document has come in from the US Government. This means that our case can be officially filed in the Indian courts. However, soon after learning this news, we also learned that the courts in India (at least in our location) take a break between April 26 and May 21. We need a document in India called the NOC though I am not sure what that stands for. It is currently taking 4-8 weeks to get this approval. We have 3 weeks to get it done before the break. We can't do a thing about it. Realistically, this means that our paperwork will not be moved along until May 24 or later. Because of the timing of other things, our tentative leave date has been pushed back even further. Rather than traveling between July-September, our best guess is that likely travel will be between mid-September - mid November.
This is disappointing information at best. I was really hoping to travel during the summer months. While it would be brutally hot there at that time, she could also come home while it is warmer here and then ease into the cooler weather. I would love to travel earlier rather than later. I just want to go bring her home. The nice thing is that I am not grumbling about the timing. Yes, I would like to leave earlier, BUT, it is not up to me nor can I do a thing about it.
