We arrived in Changsha yesterday afternoon—it was a rather emotionally strenuous day for me. We are so close and yet the waiting continues. (I can feel the heart strings pulling—it could also be the awful pollution here.) At least now, we are in the same province that Charlotte resides. It is incredibly hot and humid here—I’m not sure that we’re going to walk on the streets all that often. With the heat and humidity, coupled with the exhaust fumes and pollution, it is rather uncomfortable.
We continue to meet other families that receive their children on Monday—most are special needs families. Families are fairly easy to point out. We all have a glow about us and a yearning to love one of China’s greatest treasures—their beautiful girls.
Last night, a few of us went out for dinner. Some of the food was a little spicy, which Hunan is known for. I enjoyed some Chinese beer in the hopes of encouraging sleep. I also had an hour traditional Chinese massage. I can report that both were unsuccessful inducing sleep. I’m not doing too badly given the lack of sleep. My worry is that I’ll want to sleep when I’m supposed to be awake once Charlotte is here. I think I’ll be relying on my family a lot to help us through the first few weeks upon our return.
We just returned from the Bank of China, exchanging our currency into Chinese Yuan. Only a little more than 2 hours until our first meeting with our daughter (3:30 pm). Time is weighing very heavy on us—time seems to be moving so slowly. The crib was delivered to the hotel room last night, so the room is all ready for our delivery. So now we wait.
We’ll try to post an entry and photos as soon as we can, but we’ll have to work around our daughter’s comfort quotient.
We just received approval from CCAC to tour the orphanage this week.
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