a paperwork dilemma
Oh, the fun of paperchasing. So, we got our new police letters. Now we're just waiting on the doctor letters - we had blood drawn on Saturday, so results will be in on Wednesday. I need to make appointments for us to see the doc so we can get the paperwork filled out as soon as the blood results come back.
For getting everything sealed, I've found a mobile notary who's heard of an adoption dossier (all of my notary friends say "huh?" when I talk about the whole "true copy" thing) and will do the whole dossier for $100. So once I have everything I'll have her notarize it and I can have it sealed. One thing that will make all this easier is that I'm in Chicago, so I'll be able to walk things through the secretary of state and Chinese consulate myself.
In the meantime, my options are:
1. take the items that are already notarized to get sealed, so I can discover in advance if there are any glitches in the process, thereby hopefully avoiding another delay next week when I have everything
2. wait and get everything sealed together, so I can avoid having seals expire if there's a significant delay with the doctor or some other surprise
I'm leaning toward taking the police letters, which are relatively easy to get more of (as long as we don't, y'know, embark upon a life of crime), through the seal process. It would kill me to lose another two weeks at this point. But I'm so wigged about it all I'm kind of paralyzed. I guess I'll decide tomorrow.
