It's Even More Official Now

Well, shoot.

The US State Department just issued this statement, that yes, adoptions from Ethiopia will significantly slow down.  We certainly were aware of this, although I think everyone was hoping for a change of heart.  It sounds like that will not be the case. 

What does this mean?  Right now, it means that anyone processed after March 8 (we weren't even on the waiting list then) will be processed very slowly.  Rumor has it that the time from referral to court could increase to a year.  I cannot even imagine having a referral for our child and knowing they are in an orphanage for an additional year, while paperwork trickles through. 

Tomorrow we have a 3-hour conference call with the State Department.  My assumption is that the news will be the same as this.  Hopefully some clarity on times to court will become clear. 

I was hoping that from this point on, I would simply bore you all with pictures of Maggie and the cats.  I hope for a nice, boring, predictable life sooner rather than later.

Sigh.