Today was really slow. So slow that I am afraid this post is going to be pointless. However, for the sake of continuing with the daily habit I have imposed on myself, here we go.
We got up and got ready for church this morning but had a really difficult time getting a taxi ride there, so we ended up being late, drenched from the rain, and hauling one particularly ornery child (Hallie). Fun start to the day. However, Hallie perked up when Sacrament meeting ended as her Primary teacher came by our bench to pick up her and Flor for class. Devin and I were grateful for the two hour break. :)
I was able to talk to the OSSO site directors at church to discuss the upcoming housing problem Flor and I will have when Devin and the other two kids go home. They were optimistic about Flor and I being able to stay there; they just need to clear it with the director in the US, who is coming here on the 30th. So that will be great if that all works out. Solves a few problems-- housing issue plus my sanity would be on the line if I were to stay alone for however long it takes for us to get out of here. At the OSSO house, I would have the company of all of the current OSSO volunteers and the directors here. So hopefully that will work out.
The rest of the day was spent...sitting around. Oh so fun, I know. We are getting really lazy and I don't particularly like it. I have a feeling that I am going to get home and want to be lazy all the time when life just isn't like that there. We have responsibilities that we need to attend to. You know things are bad when Devin is actually kind of looking forward to going back to work (and this from a man who really really does not like his current employment) simply because he is sick of all the sitting around. Yes, little fulfillment comes from hanging around the house all day with nothing beneficial to do. We definitely will feel better when we are more productive. Right now, I feel like we are doing nothing productive at all. Sure, vacations are nice, but there comes a point in every vacation (at least for me) when I am ready to get back home and get back into the grind of things.
Anyway, two more weeks from tomorrow until Devin and the kids will return to the states, so that will be good. I know Hallie is really ready. She has been throwing way more fits and has told me directly that she wants to go home. Jace is still having a terrible time sleeping and that is taking a toll on both Devin and I. I just really hope that he can get back into the swing of things once we get home. He has always been a good sleeper and a good napper from the time he was a few months old. But not here. I also worry about him going home without me because he has been so attached and clingy with me. I will also miss him a lot-- not that I won't miss Hallie and Devin- I definitely will. I just feel like since Jace is my baby, he needs me more. Oh, well. No use worrying about it now. I hope that Flor and I will be able to get out of here in a reasonable time after the others leave. Time will tell.
We still have no more news about court. It really better be this week...the delays so far have been really frustrating. It is especially frustrating to have no rhyme or reason as to why things are so slow-- and the lack of communication from our in-country rep is still an issue. I have really no idea why we have to wait two weeks after being assigned a judge to get to court when most families are assigned a judge and go to court within a week, if not less. We are supposed to go before the judge before the finalization to do signature verification too, and of course we haven't heard a word about that. UGH.
Oh well. I definitely did not mean to turn this into a venting post, but there it is. Much longer than originally anticipated.
Hopefully the good news starts tomorrow.
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