Disappointment (again)

So, referrals are out and the news isn't good. They only made it to September 8th. That's 14 days of referrals. Definitely not good. There were rumors (I didn't check Rumor Queen but I saw them on the message boards) floating around that they were going to get through all of September. I knew that was too much to hope for so I never let myself believe them but I did have some hope that they'd at least get through the middle of September. September is supposed to be a very light month (not as many dossiers logged in as other months) so that's what makes this news so bad. If they can only get through the first 8 days of a light month, what's going to happen with October and November (very heavy months)? I'm also concerned because the number of days of referrals seems to be dropping again. Two months ago they did 18 days of referrals, last month it was 16 days and now we're down to 14. I don't know if that means anything. There's really no pattern to it. I did the calculations and if they can hold steady at 14 days of referrals then we should have 7 more months of waiting. That would give us our referral in June. Of course things can change but I'm not going to expect a referral before then.

On a lighter note, I ordered the cutest thing for Ming. I got her a panda from Build-A-Bear wearing a Chinese outfit. It's the cutest thing. Maybe someday I'll figure out how to post pictures and I'll put the picture up here.