Homestudy is off to CIS

I have avoided writing lately as we hit another bump in the road. It has been discouraging to be blogging only mishaps and bumps...and since I had little to rejoice over as far as our adoption process, I couldnt write. Briefly, I will say that the reason we have been delayed again is because we received misinformation regarding our education credits...again from our SW who just recently passed away. We were told that we could gain 10 hrs credit each from multiple sources including books, seminars, conferences, meetings, online meetings, etc. We were encouraged to do the Hague accredited 'With Eyes Wide Open' (voluntarily) after we were in the official waiting for a referral stage. We had been steadily reaching that goal as our homestudy was being reviewed and found out that this was not good enough. As a matter of fact, all the credits we have so far gained are basically not applicable. While our SW was aware that this 'With Eyes Wide Open' was apparently mandatory, we did not. She thought we would be grandfathered in, even though our paperwork had not yet been submitted. It is CRAZY!! Anyway, Chris and I have been in seclusion filling our precious nighttime moments at the computer trying to complete this online course which takes approx 10-12 hours to complete. We are done! We completed the course, and YESTERDAY...yes YESTERDAY...one day after our 14th wedding anniversary, our completed Homestudy was sent to CIS. WOOOOO HOOOOOO! Happy dance!