And that folks, was in my fortune cookie the other night. I like it...like, a lot. We can pretend I didn't rip it in the retrieval process. Basically, ever since John's little health crisis, everything has been going really well. We have had a lot of positive things happening, which we have been really lacking lately. Perhaps the tides are turning in our favor.
Saturday we went to our adoption agency's annual picnic. We got to see so many families who have had successful adoptions, even some who were formerly in our support group. It really is very motivating to see so many families built through our agency. The picnic was at a nice little park in Norcross, GA right on the Chattahoochee River. We got to catch up a bit with some other waiting families that we know through support group. We also met a goose with a serious attitude problem. I have experience with angry geese, so that was my cue to back off (the goose terror of 1999 haunts me to this day!).
A picture I took of a not so calm Chattahoochee:
After the picnic, we went to a house warming party for a couple of Atlanta Curling Club friends. Saw one of my coffee baristas there, but thought it might be a little awkward to talk about my Rev Coffee obession at that moment. I was that weird person who initially thought that maybe I should just hang out with the dogs (sudden social phobia that passed quickly). Totally wasn't necessary. Everyone was really friendly and welcoming and the food was delicious! We headed out a little early, because we were exhausted from our full day. Sorry, no pictures of that party. I try to take more pictures of stuff now that I have this blog, but I didn't think so many strangers would appreciate showing up randomly on the internet.
Sunday, I took my mom to Pure Taqueria for tamales. Mother's day doesn't seem to be important to her, but really I have the best mom, so celebrating her just had to happen. We checked out the new outlet stores in Woodstock. Gave up, because we ate ourselves into true discomfort and didn't feel like walking around. John met his mom at the Cheesecake Factory over in Dunwoody, so we did separate things this year. We couldn't quite get the schedules to work out right. I had a couple people wish me happy Mother's day, which came as a bit of a shock! Still waiting, still not a mom! As one friend put it : "Adopting is like being pregnant without knowing your due date, so that qualifies you as a mom to be". Thank you Katie, for being so thoughtful. It wasn't necessarily a hard day for me, because there are so many other moms in my life to celebrate. Ask me again next year if we are still waiting...
I have started a new exercise routine that I developed myself (it's called "Seriously, get off of your ass!") or at least that is what goes through my head when I just want to lay around and eat frozen yogurt. So far, I have only missed one out of the 5 days I have been back at it. I do it mostly to keep my head in the right place. Exercising does amazing things for my happiness quotient. Starting the day off active can change the entire tone of a day, it really is quite amazing. There is a park about 1.2 miles from our house that has a track, so I gave it the ole foot to gravel try on Sunday and felt like a million bucks (a sore million bucks) afterward. I can see this track and I becoming very close friends this summer.
The track:
If you follow us on http://instagram.com/johnandsarahadopt , you probably have already seen the pictures posted in this blog entry, because I am doing the #100happydays challenge. The challenge is to find something to be happy about every single day for 100 straight days. Honestly, some days I have a hard time finding one thing and other days I have a hard time narrowing it down to just one. I think it has been really beneficial to do this project, because even when I am feeling negative, my brain is searching for that happy moment to take a picture of and post. Whoever came up with this idea is kind of a genius. At first I thought it was a little cheesy, but I totally see the vision for it now. Follow us and I will try to post things other than cats, coffee, and Frank Turner records (my three happiest topics!).
The NKF Kidney Walk is May 31st and I am something like $55 from my personal goal. Sign up to join us in our laps around Turner Field or donate here. We have raised a lot less this year than usual, but my heart and brain has really been more with the adoption and renewing our home study, so my efforts have been minimal. Sorry, NKF, maybe next year! Of course that night we are seeing Frank Turner for free at the Candler Park Food and Music festival. I shall refrain from my usual Frank Turner is the best musician ever rave (um... he is).
Look what John got me:
We have two trips in June for John's curling club. One in Knoxville and one in Wilmington (you can find me at the ice rink in Knoxville, but at the beach in Wilmington!). So so so looking forward to some beach time. We are taking emergency baby supplies on both trips just in case. You never know!
Longest blog post ever! Wrapping up... We have support group tomorrow night on how to spot adoption scammers. A serious shame that any adoptive couple has to worry about that at all. This week I will continue to say we are ever hopeful for someone to find it fitting to place their baby with us. We are dedicated to having an open adoption and keeping those lines of communication flowing. We are ready to go at the drop of a dime. Please share our adoption efforts with everyone you know. There really just is no way of knowing how an expectant mother, who is thinking about adoption, could find us. Feel free to share this blog, our facebook page , our official adoption profile , or any other link along the side of this blog.
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