We finished up our visit at Layla and Wanna, and then headed back to the Hilton where we could change our flights. That is where we got bad news number two. Our plan was to change our tickets to the flight on Friday night, but that flight is totally full. No flights on the weekend. We could buy tickets on British Air for the weekend, but we would be out over two grand. Ethiopian Air can get us on a flight out on Tuesday, and we can TRY to see if there are any cancellations in the morning for the Friday flight (I guess they get a lot of last minute cancellations).

So, since Josh couldn’t risk not getting home until next Wednesday for work, we had to hurry up and pack him up so he could get on the flight tonight. It was pretty awful, and I couldn’t help but cry on and off all afternoon. I am outrageously frustrated that we keep being told things will be in done in a certain time frame, and then weeks later they still have not been done. I am frustrated that it is out-dated, ridiculous legislature that was never intended to apply to infants or children that is keeping us stuck in a hotel instead of coming home. I felt awful sending Josh to the airport on his own, and I know he felt awful too. I miss my kids back at home something awful.

So, we are trying to get tickets out for Belane and I for sometime soon, although we still don’t know when SOON will be. We are bleeding money here at the Hilton, but Josh really wanted me to stay somewhere very safe, and with needing to be in contact with the travel agent and our senator’s office and tons of people back home, the internet in the room is really a huge help. It’s also convenient to have room service, so I don’t have to take Belane out every time we need a meal. The staff here is awesome and there are quite a few other adoptive families, so it really is a great place for us. I also hate to move Belane again…she has had so much change and has so much more to come…