Giant step forward today!!!!!!!!!! We told the kids and Todd's mom about the adoption. So actually that's two giant leaps for man kind. The kids are jumping for joy and Grandma is Googling Uganda to see where this next grandson of hers is coming from. All the worry is vanishing into thin air if only for tonight.
Ahhhhh...... We can Breath.......a little.
Tomorrow is another story because tomorrow Kristen comes, our social worker, for the home study. She is moving mountains for us to complete our home study but she is going to want to be paid. The nerve of her, right? Anyway, why did I pay all those bills on time this weekend!!!!!!! Ugh! I'm so mad at myself for my efficiency. So right now I don't have two nickels to rub together and little Kristen is going to want many many nickels.
It's not that bad. I have the Bad American Back Up Plan but I've been to Financial Peace University and I shouldn't have the Bad American Back Up Plan. The BAB-UP as I'm now calling it entails the ole cash advance trick. But I have angst about that because I have so much out in receivables. It's like putting on weight and then trying to take it off. It's easy to put it on, really hard to take it off. Easy to take the cash advance - it's instantaneous, not so easy to pay it back - that will take at least a couple of weeks in processing, all the while the interest will be racking up. Angst. Angst because I know this is only step one in the process and I need to be able to anticipate these financial hurdles better.
I will chronicle the steps to setting up Pay Pal and the financial fundraisers as we move along in the process as a means to help others a few steps behind us in the journey. We've had many amazing people help us so far and if we can a help a little, well, awesome!
Anyway, back to tomorrow, or as it is now, today because I haven't slept at all worrying about today. My blackberry nudged me out of tossing and turning at 4:08 am to send me a notice that our flexible daycare spending account that I finally got around to sending out will mail our reimbursement today. That is great news as the check is $2,290.00!!!!!!!!! However, it's coming from Nebraska. I probably won't get it until Friday or Saturday. Why didn't I sign up for direct deposit?! Ugh! So mad at myself!
I'm so close to not having to take that cash advance yet I think I still have to do it. How's it going to look to the social worker if our check bounces? I really should just set my mind to it and move on. Don't I have bigger fish to fry?
