Heard from LA

I spent all day playing Telephone Tag with our LA's Team Leader! Eventually I was told that the meeting she probably wouldn't get out of her current meeting until after the office closed. So we gave up and went to the shop to pick up a new camera thingie that Mr Messy had ordered. We also called in at the Supermarket to get lots of bits and bobs that we need for our holidays. When I checked the answer machine when we got home, Team Leader had rung!! About half an hour after we went out!! Aargh!!! But the fabulous thing is that her message said that she and our SW would be meeting next week, and they were looking at a September Panel date!!!! I had to listen to the message two or three times to make sure she really said that!!! The last two times we've been to Approval Panel it has been after MONTHS of delays - not immediately!!!! OMG!!!!!! Can it really be true?!?! I've got fingers, toes and everything crossed that it will happen :-) I'm going to try and speak to Team Leader again tomorrow to arrange to pick up new CRB and Medical forms, as our current ones are out of date. I can get the CRB forms filled in and returned to our LA before we set off on holiday, and get appointments for our medicals as soon as we get back from holiday. Then all we need for our dossier is proof of Life Insurance and a letter from both our Accountant and our Bank. I think it is currently taking DCSF about 6 months to process papers and get them out to Ethiopia, but referrals are arriving very quickly after papers are received in Addis Ababa. OMG we could have news about our new Little One in 8 months time!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!