Torrefaction

A Notary is coming to my house tonight to notarize a bunch of paperwork.  This is more expensive than going to a regular, 9-to-5 at the currency exchange notary, but what I get is someone who knows what an adoption dossier is, knows what "true copy" notarization is, and comes to my house in the evening after work.  Yay.  Now I just have to stop pacing around while I wait.

In the land of paperwork, we're still waiting for the doctor's forms to be done...apparently hepatitis tests take FOREVER...and I had to fedex my birth certificate to Indiana last night to get it certified by the Indiana secretary of state.  Apparently you can't just certify state documents in whatever state you happen to be living in right now; they have to be certified in their state of origin.  Duh.  I would have known this earlier if I'd read all the way through my agency's dossier guide a month ago, or if I had called them to ask stuff, but I just couldn't stand to while we were waiting for the I-171H.  *slaps self*

The nice thing is that when you call the Indiana secretary of state authentication office with a question, you get a real live person who puts down the phone and toddles off to ask the girl who knows, and comes back with the answer you need.  Ahh.