The Wait Begins

Now that our paper chase has ended we have a lot of time to kill while we wait. For here on out, we intend to use this blog to update everyone on "the wait" and to discuss various issues relating to our paper chasing experience and other adoption related issues such as attachment, Chinese culture, room renovations etc. We hope to post at least once a month to at least provide an update to "the wait" if nothing else.

So, for the first time as of today's post here's our wait statistics:
Referred through: 3/14/2006
Current wait: 39 months
Projected referral date: 7/13/2012
Projected months to referral: 37

How did I come up with this? Simple. Using MS Excel, I calculated the difference between the current date and referred through date to calculate the current wait. Then I extrapolated out the current wait from our LID to get a projected referral date. Finally, calculated the difference between that date and the current date to get our remaining wait. Pretty fancy huh.

Of course this is all based on current data (courtesy of the Rumor Queen) and could very well change for the better or worse. Also, remember there is a several week lag from when you get your referral until you travel to China.

That's all for now folks! Maybe things will speed up by the next post. Most recent rumor is that they are matching the rest of March but we shall see!