Highs and Lows

We finally got the email from the Team Leader at our Local Authority, giving the costs of changing our application to Ethiopia (which at just over £2500 was a LOT less than we thought it would be after our recent conversation with her! But is £2000 more than I've heard other families are paying!!). Both me and Mr Messy sent seperate emails to Team Leader OKing the charges, didn't want her to think I was railroading Mr Messy into anything lol. I emailed our sw, to ask what cakes she would like Mr Messy to bake for our meeting, which was a veiled way of asking when we would be starting. She sent a message back to say she wasn't meeting Team Leader at the LA until mid-June so we wouldn't be starting until after that!! Why is that other families get charged SO MUCH LESS and get their update/addendum (not a full re-do like we are being forced to do) for £2000 less than us, and it only takes them 3 months!!!! We will be paying through the nose for this and will have waited about 4 months to even START!!! I am so so frustrated. It looks like my dream of actually finishing this adoption and having MeiMei home by the end of the year are now officially shattered :-( Life is SO UNFAIR!!!!!!! Stamping my feet in a childish tantrum here!!!!