Big Day

Today is the day that the adoption specialists. . . placement case workers . . . whatever they are called, met today to review our case. Today they decided whether or not to move forward. That's a pretty big deal, right?

We had a few other big happenings today- as of today, my mom officially owns a house in Phoenix. She bought a beautiful two bedroom house in a historic neighborhood right near my favorite ACE hardware in earshot of church bells and less than 2 miles from our house! Moreover it has a wonderful guest cottage that one of our favorite friends might rent. My mom will also rent out the "big house" until she decides she needs to live there. Of course the hope in our house is that she will end up keeping that property as a rental until she finds somewhere in our hood to live (we have a ridiculous amount of pride in our neighborhood, probably too much). So, today we got the keys and my mom is officially the owner of a "second home." I can't explain it, but it makes me so proud of my mother. I think about when I was little and am amazed at how hard my mother worked to make our lives wonderful. She's done a good job.

This afternoon, our executive director let me know that I have a new title. A new title and a new office for a new job. I'm excited not to be the only one focused on my field, I'm excited to have only one job, I'm excited to take on this new role. It feels like finding a peaceful place in my career.

Also, today we were scheduled to find out about a major shift with our credit cards, we haven't heard back on this. Fingers still crossed.

Another thing we haven't heard about yet- the adoption. She said that she probably wouldn't call until Monday (in Phoenix, most places let out early today) but I was hoping we'd hear today. Either way, I know the decision has already been made. We'll know where things are headed by next week.

If all of today's good news in any indication- we'll be fine.