Precious Paper...shipping the Dossier off!
I feel like I just sent my child off to camp! I have been working on this stack of papers since September! I have been guarding it from the children, the dog, dust, and anything else that it may come into contact with. I have checked and rechecked the dates, the number of copies, and the signatures over and over again. Today I checked them for the final time and took them off to UPS. I set them on the scale and the worker actually had to measure how high the pile of paperwork was before finding a box to fit it all! I watched her tape it shut and affix the address label. I checked one more time that it was the correct address and paid to have it shipped to my agency. I actually did feel like I should have hugged the paperwork or waved good bye to send it on it's way. Not because I am glad to have it out of the house (even though I am over joyed!), but because that pile of paperwork will determine our timeline for bringing our daughter home and if in fact we can brin