Really...the next day!

Ok, so you know how I said yesterday that there may be hurdles, roadblocks and stumbles along our remaining journey......I didn't mean that it could start the next day! I have been having fun with my agency over how we need to sign our LOI paperwork, signature or sign entire name. I received an answer yesterday so we signed it and I sent it off overnight delivery with a signature required. Later that day I received an email from another person with a different answer to the question that had already been answered. The problem is the name that Jim had to use on all our documents is James but he signs Jim. James and Jim in Chinese are two completely different names and it confuses the translators as they think it is two different people! I fired off an email to everyone I deal with at the agency and basically told them to figure it out....now! I then politely asked, just double checking, that the addendum that was supposed to be added to our home study in June about Jim being James and they are the same person was actually added. It was not! After they all discussed it, the powers that be decided that a) our signatures were OK and b) the addendum is suddenly not necessary. I pity the person (if it ever comes to it which I hope it doesn't) that has to call me when our LOA wait is really long and tell me that China is confused about this Jim James guy and could we clarify it. It won't be pretty.

I have a new job now, ADOPTION SPECIALIST. It is my job to make sure that the people that I hired to take care of all the details are actually doing just that. I don't get paid though, wonder what I pay them for :)