Hi Everyone,
Well; since my last post not much has changed. Paige and I got a long weekend away to New York City a few weekends ago. The weather was so-so, on-and-off rain but we had a great time. We had dinner with a friend of mine from childhood whom I had not seen in over 20 years. She has lived in NYC for sometime and we picked up right where we left off and she and Paige got along famously! We also had dinner with some friends of mine from the vendor community that Saturday night; another fun night. We spent Sunday with Paige's best friend from childhood Michelle and her husband Toph. Brunch at 2:00 p.m. and them we spent the rest of the day going bar-to-bar in their neighborhood watching football.
Paige left for home on Monday and I stayed behind for a week of buy meetings. I figured this would be what it would take to provoke the gods to send us our referral since I was out of town. I wasn't completely off base; we were contacted by the agency about some medical paper work; basically a list of medical conditions we would accept. At the beginning of the process we filled out this same list and we were told that the conditions we initially choose are not conditions any children are currently becoming available with and that we would need to re-do our paperwork. We choose conditions like low birth weight, family history of drug or alcohol issues, diabetes and a few others. Well the following week Paige read on one of the adoption boards that another couple in the program who had to re-do the same paperwork at the same time had received their referral!! Hopefully this means ours is coming really soon!!
On another subject; my healing process is moving along. The doctor seems happy with the progress I've made over the past month. I will have another CT Scan the beginning of December to get a 3-D image of the break to see just how well I am doing. Hopefully it will be the last time; next Tuesday (November 1oth) will be 6 months since I broke my hip and it is also Paige's birthday; number 29 again?........
I feel fine and walk with only a slight limp at this point. I'm still using a cane at the Doctor's request to help the joint heal without full pressure on the joint. All is good though.
The past week has also been a little nerve racking. We were told at work that our division would be restructuring. Our jobs will be the same for up to a year, after that my job will move to Seattle. The fact that I have 4 counterparts around the country doing the same job and there will only be one position is a little scary to me. We're told everyone will still have a job, just a different job and it will be in Seattle. There is no structure as of yet, time will tell and Paige and I will have some serious thinking to do about my career path. I'm reserving judgment/decision making until all the pieces fall into place. Things like this always happen for a reason.
Hopefully our referral is on it's way; wouldn't it be a great Thanksgiving present and a terrific way to start off the holiday season!!
Until next time - John
