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Falling Behind -
Because so many other things keep me on my feet and away from computers. Not the least of which is the habit of my largest cat sitting on the chair facing the one computer left on all the time.
Wait for another one to boot up? Can't. Too many plates spinning.
Friday, we arrived at the Family Courts office in Monterrey Park - an entirely cake and punch kind of place, clearly designed with children in mind. The architecture is fanciful, often decorated with crayon drawings kept in ceramic tile form and there are entire families present, with tables dedicated to coloring books and crayons.
Then you see the tables designated for 'attorney conferences' where some of the scariest men I ever saw pasted on hopeful smiles and interviewed nine year old girls in my hearing with questions leading to 'what brings you to court today, and what were you told to keep secret?'
Irony of ironies - everyone in attendence has an LJ.
Me. (Mom)
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unclejimbo (Dad)
xanxanbell (Kiddo)
silverkun (Rey, the head of the committee)
catsonmars (Tommy, one of the members of said committee)
Our kid got his readoption on this side of the process completed that day. Pictures were taken, the judge was very impressed with him, us and the godfathers - and all it took was a couple of signatures, a sworn oath from the two of us and it was done.
Kid got a new teddy bear, which he has been inseparable from ever since. You ever wonder what those teddy bears given out by law enforement and other members of the community are worth - there you go. He LOVES it.
I saw so many of them that morning. And I saw at least half a dozen kids waiting their turn in court for things clearly Not So Happy as ours. And of course, a few that were!
We then went to Shin Sen Gumi in Monterrey Park and foundered on yakitori and shabu-shabu. Not to mention killing a most magnificent bottle of sake.
Back home, we all fall down for naps and order in Chinese food for dinner.
Saturday, we had a lovely day with Rey - and a *perfect* bonfire night at Dockweiler State Beach. I've got a couple of Twitpics from the sundown:
http://twitpic.com/yf0pk
http://twitpic.com/yf0zk
Sunday, Jim went back to work - while I took Rey out to the King's Hawaiian restaurant and we foundered on spam, fried rice, corned beef hash and french toast made with hawaiian bread. Oh, and Kona coffee. As much as we could put away. (Kid, we took out for fast food hash browns, his favorite breakfast, prior. That was a total win.) Then we washed my car, fed kid lunch at McDonald's (we both being stuffed from breakfast, still.)
I put kid down, and Rey went home.
Now, we are here.
I have documents that can remedy the name change that needs to be done so that he 'fits' into our family unit as a legal entity (we retained his entire Chinese name, just surrounded it with the name he will be known by) - but the final documents? Would you believe fourteen months before they arrive? Hooray California! Furlough those guys, yeah baby!
I'm also coughing again, have already been to the doctor and gotten antibiotics and here we go again. Right on time - something key happens, I get sick for it. (I got Christmas and New Years without sick. I should be grateful. What.)
Met with Pastor at church a while back (too busy to post about it) about joining church as full voting members, and that's happening next week. Would you believe the denomination I selected is actually the American arm of the Swiss Reformation Church, founded by Zwingli? Yes, I do believe Cliff has been here - again. Little shit.
And AOD is in two weeks. Boy, they are going to be LEAN weeks, lemme tellya.
So how was your weekend?
Wait for another one to boot up? Can't. Too many plates spinning.
Friday, we arrived at the Family Courts office in Monterrey Park - an entirely cake and punch kind of place, clearly designed with children in mind. The architecture is fanciful, often decorated with crayon drawings kept in ceramic tile form and there are entire families present, with tables dedicated to coloring books and crayons.
Then you see the tables designated for 'attorney conferences' where some of the scariest men I ever saw pasted on hopeful smiles and interviewed nine year old girls in my hearing with questions leading to 'what brings you to court today, and what were you told to keep secret?'
Irony of ironies - everyone in attendence has an LJ.
Me. (Mom)
unclejimbo (Dad)xanxanbell (Kiddo)silverkun (Rey, the head of the committee)catsonmars (Tommy, one of the members of said committee)Our kid got his readoption on this side of the process completed that day. Pictures were taken, the judge was very impressed with him, us and the godfathers - and all it took was a couple of signatures, a sworn oath from the two of us and it was done.
Kid got a new teddy bear, which he has been inseparable from ever since. You ever wonder what those teddy bears given out by law enforement and other members of the community are worth - there you go. He LOVES it.
I saw so many of them that morning. And I saw at least half a dozen kids waiting their turn in court for things clearly Not So Happy as ours. And of course, a few that were!
We then went to Shin Sen Gumi in Monterrey Park and foundered on yakitori and shabu-shabu. Not to mention killing a most magnificent bottle of sake.
Back home, we all fall down for naps and order in Chinese food for dinner.
Saturday, we had a lovely day with Rey - and a *perfect* bonfire night at Dockweiler State Beach. I've got a couple of Twitpics from the sundown:
http://twitpic.com/yf0pk
http://twitpic.com/yf0zk
Sunday, Jim went back to work - while I took Rey out to the King's Hawaiian restaurant and we foundered on spam, fried rice, corned beef hash and french toast made with hawaiian bread. Oh, and Kona coffee. As much as we could put away. (Kid, we took out for fast food hash browns, his favorite breakfast, prior. That was a total win.) Then we washed my car, fed kid lunch at McDonald's (we both being stuffed from breakfast, still.)
I put kid down, and Rey went home.
Now, we are here.
I have documents that can remedy the name change that needs to be done so that he 'fits' into our family unit as a legal entity (we retained his entire Chinese name, just surrounded it with the name he will be known by) - but the final documents? Would you believe fourteen months before they arrive? Hooray California! Furlough those guys, yeah baby!
I'm also coughing again, have already been to the doctor and gotten antibiotics and here we go again. Right on time - something key happens, I get sick for it. (I got Christmas and New Years without sick. I should be grateful. What.)
Met with Pastor at church a while back (too busy to post about it) about joining church as full voting members, and that's happening next week. Would you believe the denomination I selected is actually the American arm of the Swiss Reformation Church, founded by Zwingli? Yes, I do believe Cliff has been here - again. Little shit.
And AOD is in two weeks. Boy, they are going to be LEAN weeks, lemme tellya.
So how was your weekend?