Frustrated...

I could just SCREAM, but I sat down and cried instead…

You know, I have TOTALLY taken my time with the Dossier stuff. I got in my mind to really start the ball rolling on 1/1/08…so I have been fine with most of the progress so far. BUT, I should have known…obviously things were going too smoothly. All I knew was my Dossier was in Russia and the ball was rolling...HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To make a long story short I came home to ½ of my Dossier documents in a Fed Ex envelope. No notice, no email, no call from my agency warning me they were coming back, nada. Apparently the Secretary if State office decided to ‘bundle’ John and my health documents together for Apostilling, along with several others, and therefore they were rejected. (My fault in part because I did not clearly communicate this to my friend who took care of it for me in Fresno that there had to be one Apostille for each individual notary). And, since she put them in the mail from there, I never saw them. HOWEVER, why in the HECK didn’t my agency catch this BEFORE they sent them to the team in Russia??? I am shaking my head because V has a proven track record with me and stuff like this just hasn’t happened before. So a big warning for those Apostilling….NO BUNDLING OF DOCUMENTS!

So, I now have to separate all these documents, take them the county clerks office for notary cert for each #@$&*(! one, then drive to Fresno to have them Apostilled. Oh yeah, and they now want three separate power of attorneys done along with a financial statement and the stupidest thing I have EVER heard of…a document filled out by a licensed real estate agent stating the size of my home, # of rooms, etc. along with a copy of his license. Isn’t this why I ran like a mad woman during my lunch hour to get a copy of my Deed of Trust to my home??? Good thing I have a co-worker with a real estate license…and he is so nice to help me out with it. And OF COURSE, it all has to be authenticated and apostilled….God help me these people are NUTS! What in the world did I pay all that money for a home study for if they were going to want the same stupid information outside of it…I just cannot figure this all out…And of course don’t forget the $$$ I will spend again on Fed Ex, gas and the paperwork.

I also just figured out I am missing my copy of my home study…I sure hope my agency got it because I think my friend sent it along with all the other paper work (They sent the certified copies straight to her and not me).

I asked V the other night in the phone, are you SURE we can’t consider the Ukraine for a healthy baby girl? I am so comfortable with the Ukraine! She stated again ‘No”…Sigh, sigh, SIGH! I am already sick of Russia and I haven’t even received a referral and traveled yet.