ok, I either have the worst agency reps ever or else I have no clue about how this works...
so, we met our guide at 8:45 to head to the consulate. we got out at the medical building so she could pick up sarah's medical report that needed to be in the visa packet. then we walked across the street to the consulate. our guide told us no electronics, camera, phones, backpacks or purses were allowed in. so we left it all in the van (back at the medical center) and walked to the consulate with just our passports and our visa application.) so we were the first ones to check in for the 10am appointment. we waited til 10 and many more families came. we all said our oath stating the information on the visa application is true to the best of our knowledge and that we signed it ourselves. then we each get called up to say that we filled it all out, we present our passport and our child, and they tell you you can go...we will get the visa for sarah to enter the US tomorrow. YAY! the last step before we can go home! (side note, it is very frustrating that we have had to wait around here all this time for this big event...and the passport last week...when it all becomes null and void the moment her feet touch the ground in seattle! uggg!).
but all families have this picture infront of this sign at the consulate...and we never saw the sign...and we didn't have any cameras with us if we had seen it! uggg! every adoptive family I have seen has this picture...and we don't :( so, again...is my agency rep dropping the ball? should I have asked about it? I kind of kept thinking it was coming...but then she left us, she was not allowed in the consulate...sigh
well, then we went to the pearl market. tons of pearls...I think I may have gotten too good of a deal because my pearls were super cheap...they are probably low quality even though they insisted they were best quality. I had a heck of a time finding jade and the few I found either didn't have the size I wanted or the guide said it looked low quality. I feel frustrated with the experience and am just wondering again if it is my fault for not asking the right questions...it was quite overwhelming there and super hot! we spent about 2 hours there and then back to the hotel.
brendan took the kids swimming as I was against it because of needing things to dry so we can pack tomorrow. but he insisted so I napped :)
as far as sarah and I, today has been very normal. she goes to sit in a seat and if I sit next to her she moves. I touch her in passing and she hits me away. if I go to move her because a car is going to run her over she yells and hits and then proceeds to wipe off her arm where I touched her...sigh...
I'm tired and ready to go home..here my kids will hug me and kiss me and let me snuggle them. I miss that so much!
tomorrow we wait for her visa and pack our things then take a train to hong kong. we spend one night there and leave friday morning for seattle, then to denver. I can't wait!
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