Next step: DONE!

HELLO, FRIENDS! :)

I am SO EXCITED to post that we TURNED IN OUR HOMESTUDY PAPERWORK!!!!!!  WOOOO HOOOOO!  This is VERY big and VERY exciting!  The homestudy is PILES of paperwork, and I am SO excited we are ALMOST done with it! :)  Turning in this first clump of paperwork is really exciting.  (I bet you never thought you would read the word, "PAPERWORK" so many times in one blog post!  Well, this is only the beginning!  The homestudy step might include piles of paperwork, but I hear the "Dossier" step requires MOUNTAINS of it!)

We had to submit a bunch of blood tests, too.  The other night, Brik and I went in to get the blood drawn.  You all probably know what I WHIMP I am about getting my blood drawn.  So, I made Brik go first.  He donates blood every month or so, so it is no big deal to him.  He sat down in the chair and the phlebotomist just TALKED about drawing his blood, and my head started buzzing and I felt light-headed!  Well, as soon as the fourth vial was full, Mr. Gets-His-Blood-Drawn-Every-Month turned a ghastly whiteish yellow and nearly fainted!  The nurse had to get him some orange juice and he sat there trying not to pass out for a few minutes!  NO WAY!  And SO funny...to me ;)

Then, it was my turn.  Brik had to HOLD MY HAND (no, LITERALLY!  He really was HOLDING MY HAND!)  It hurt SO BADLY!  He tried to distract me by talking about China and my most recent trip there, and I winced and cringed and held his hand so tightly mine turned all red and white...and the whole thing was rather pathetic.

In the end, we stumbled out of there like two war heroes, leaning on one another for support, heads high like we had overcome by great personal strength and will-power.  We disgust me.

And as soon as we stepped outside, I whined, "Brrrr! It is SO COLD!"

I am SO tough.