A Day I Never Thought Would Come...

It is here. We've got it. No more waiting. Out of the blue, in celebration of my 31st birthday tomorrow, our TA arrived. I couldn't be more shell shocked. And our agency was SO CASUAL about telling us!! I came home from S's swimming lesson today, expecting to simply spend another hot miserable afternoon lying on the couch, trying to stay cool. Then I looked at our phone and noticed that we had a message. Without listening to the message, I checked our caller ID and noticed it said ASIA. Well, of course, my stomach about leapt into my mouth!! I mean, why in the world would they be calling, except for something BIG (usually, we just email back and forth, no need to call). I didn't want to get excited and be disappointed, but I was shaking at the thought of what it could be. I listened to the message as Jojo nonchalantly said, "I was just calling because I wanted to let you know that your TA arrived today and I need to discuss when we should make a consulate appointment..."

WHAT???!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!!! I know these terms, but these terms are not used next to OUR name!!! TA? CA?? HOLY COW!!! She's talking about US!!! And she wants to know when we are available to fly to China??? "Uh, yeah, I can't do next Thursday because I have a dentist appointment. What about the following Tuesday? Would that work?" You want to know when we can fly to China, how about RIGHT NOW????!!!!

As it is, we are looking at traveling in 2 weeks. TWO WEEKS!!! We still need to confirm our consulate appointment (CA), but we are looking to leave August 13, arrive the 14th, meet our LilyJoy (whoa!) on the 16th and skeedadle on the 27th. My head is spinning.