Game on!

About 15 minutes after calling it an emotionally exhausting day, some messages and emails were sent our way to say that we could travel, after all. I didn't see them until I got to my desk this morning. Jane in Seattle (a family in our group) had emailed me to see how we were doing and I replied, so I checked email on my phone. Her reply was simply "ITS over, we can travel!" I couldn't quite believe it since the cancellation seemed so final, but it was true. We were asked to email the adoption address at the Hanoi US Embassy to explain our arranged travel and to be considered for processing. There might be some more minor hurdles to clear to prove we had plane tickets already purchased, etc, but it I have every reason to believe they'll let us through.

It's funny how things change. Before all this, I was concerned about getting back in the expected time, and now I don't care if I'm there till Christmas. I'm really ready to do whatever it takes to get her home. All I have left to do is clean out the bathtub drain, do a few presentations at work, and finish packing. I also get to watch a cyclocross race and take the kids trick-or-treating, so the next 6 full days will be well spent.

Tyler