Double Fisted at Deny's

Sometimes a rough starting morning requires a little greazzy spoon therapy.

We woke up to realize that we forgot to set an alarm for the scheduled appointment with Homeland Security. So we scrambled like mad to get us and a cranky booger out of the house. And my little man does not like to be rushed.

Now, we're not trying to evade a visit from the Feds. Oh-contrare' No we were interested in meeting the feds.

And no we are not terrorists, ....nor do we know, or want to report any terrorists.

Rather, we want another kid. (Now that is truly terrorizing thought! Another screaming kid. Scream in 3D, yikes!).

So we mosey on down (or in this case triple time mosey down) to the Homeland Security office to get fingerprinted and checked for cooties. They squirt some kind of sticky lube on your hand and repeated smash your fingers on an optical scanner.

"No, thats no good, give me your finger again" "Now contort your body like this" "Ok, you need to relax your hand" "Now squat down, and put your foot behind your head, ....smile please" Ok, you need to relax your hand, let me do the pressing, rolling, squashing, smashing on the screen"

This, and meanwhile Alexi, completely sour from the lack of attention, is crying and pulling at the pant legs, begging to be picked up.

Finally, papers are handed to the dude at the desk.

"THUNK, THUNK, THUNK."

The official seal stamp is put on the papers .....in triplicate.

Now we wait. So far no larceny, felony, or any new baloney have crept into our official records since the last time we did this exact same thing two years ago. Why none of this repeat paperwork and hassle carries over from the first adoption, remains a mystery to me. Guess that government bureaucracy has got us where they want us, at their complete mercy and beckon call.

Yes, we wait, with a little disappointment as our adoption service has recently informed us the demand children from Ethiopia has greatly increased and the waiting list time has increased proportionately. We can only hope the second placement call comes some time before the beginning of next year.