2 Weeks Down ***Edited***

I know it feels like I have not posted anything for a couple of days. My nights and days are usually so mixed up and since I have been back from Russia this condition has only gotten worst. I started back to work this past week and all I can say is wow.

Because I work the night shift I am usually pretty good until about 3 am. For me that is the witching hour where I start to get tired. The other night I felt myself dragging I looked at the clock and it was 9:30 pm. Yikes, I really need to get back to my regular sleep schedule.

So where does my paperwork stand as of today? Well I have completed the proof of housing and put it into the envolope to be sent to the agency, The I-171 is notarized. The financials are at the accountant waiting for a signature. I am still waiting on the FBI clearance but I am sure it will be here soon.

Thursday I had my physical. The doctor laughed when he saw the blood work that I needed to have done. As a precaution I asked for a drug and alcohol test too. That is when he really started to laugh because he said I was one of the only people who ever asked to have this done. There is a spot where he has to sign that states I do not use drugs or alcohol, I just want to make sure that there is no questions. The agency did not ask for a copy of this but I plan on getting a copy for when I travel for trip # 2.

Friday I went to the hospital and had the labs drawn and collected a urine sample. The people in the lab laughed because I know them well one of the girls who was there is the one that comes to the nursery every morning so we laughed about these tests. Thank goodness hospitals do not make me nervous. My one sister just hates to go into them for any reason.

I think I scared her when she came to visit and I had to take poop in a cup down to the lab. That produced a ton of questions none of which I could answer directly.

Last night I decided to convert my blog into a book. I think it will come out okay. I think it will be pretty funny to flip through in the future and I recommend it to anyone who has a blog.

I started a separate private blog. At this point Gerard and I are the only ones who will have access to this blog. The purpose of this blog is to detail all the important information that I have collected for Little Banana about her birth family and past. I just never want that information to be lost to her. I plan on converting it into a book for her as well. So some of my time has been spent doing that while the information is fresh in my mind.

So there has been some progress not as much as I wanted but some. I hope to meet my deadline of April 9 th to have everything to the agency. I still think it is possible.

***I used www.blurb.com I downloaded the booksmart software first. It only took about 2 minutes. Then I imported the blog. There is a heading that is titled blog to book. I imported the blog it took about 3 minutes for everything to transfer over. Even the pictures that went along with the posts, which I loved that feature. The date and time of the post was even noted. You can spell check the whole book and make a changes if you want. There are many different options; hard cover, soft cover, dust jackets, many different sizes. You can also chose for the book to be private or public you can order 1 copy or a thousand. I did not think it was a ton of money either it depends on the number of pages.

I am planning on printing out the blog every year.