The man who will spend the weekend studying us arrives tomorrow. Hours of filling out questionnaires, chasing documents across continents, and conning wonderful friends into penning glowing letters of recommendation all rest on what happens over the course of the next few days, and what’s Christian’s biggest concern?
“Have you uploaded the puppy pictures yet?”
You see, life was not challenging enough. I’m on a forced vacation for an indefinite period of time because the fate of the English language tv show I host is in limbo. Actually, this is sort of convenient, since it means I’m presently unemployed which in turn means I don’t need proof of employment and also have loads of time to track down Chinese police clearances and make sure the cat’s up to date on his vaccines. It also means even after tracking down those police clearances, running the cat to the vet, and tackling the usual grocery shopping, I have still been able to get home early every day this week to take Nico outside so Ayi could do some extra special things like wash our huge windows with a toothbrush. What’s more, all this free time–when I’m not double and triple checking lists of documents I didn’t even really know existed once upon a time or organizing said documents so that they’re easily retrievable at a moment’s notice or rearranging the piles of things Ayi’s not supposed to touch so that we don’t look like complete slobby packrats–allows me the leisure to run our new golden retriever puppy, Gaudi, outside every fifteen minutes just in case she has to go.
Because nothing says “upright, responsible parents” like buying a two month old puppy a week before your adoption homestudy…
…And if I ever get a free moment, you won’t believe how cute these puppy pictures are…