tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30798638.post6884444483168816217..comments2023-10-25T05:22:04.858-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Empress Fussy Pants & Emperor Big Brother: Because THEY said so that's why!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242948230158367596noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30798638.post-7251977177346180512007-02-03T15:42:00.000-05:002007-02-03T15:42:00.000-05:00The changes in rules have certainly got a lot of p...The changes in rules have certainly got a lot of people buzzing. I will send good vibes that they won't affect your newest venture!Those who serve the little dictatrice.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14247726663606097837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30798638.post-59352709473386112992007-01-27T22:15:00.000-05:002007-01-27T22:15:00.000-05:00I'm praying for all of us! I'm with Dublin regardi...I'm praying for all of us! I'm with Dublin regarding mercilessly making those phone calls, emails and so on to find the person who can really help. Like you, I'm just not sure where we stand at this point.MomEtc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11318169504182991122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30798638.post-84700505324376810322007-01-26T15:48:00.000-05:002007-01-26T15:48:00.000-05:00Ugh - I am so sorry - that gov't stuff can be so f...Ugh - I am so sorry - that gov't stuff can be so frustrating and it seems as though our hands are SO tied!! I will also pray for your family - We have a big God!! It is so sad that it is taking this long and there are so many little ones that need homes.Beckybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530524864524562986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30798638.post-63391757339126581352007-01-26T13:36:00.000-05:002007-01-26T13:36:00.000-05:00I have been thinking that the new rules for China ...I have been thinking that the new rules for China would cause people to taper off, but it has evidently started a frenzy. We are waiting for our LID. <br />Are you in a situation where you would not qualify under the new rules?<br />I hate for anyone to miss their dream. <br />I will say a little prayer for you.redmaryjaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09768158710291676368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30798638.post-23128669219857636252007-01-26T04:25:00.000-05:002007-01-26T04:25:00.000-05:00Wow, I am so sorry to hear about the complication ...Wow, I am so sorry to hear about the complication with the USCIS paperwork. With our last adoption we had a somewhat similar dilema, though the ramifications were not so grave...the predicted delay would not have stopped our adoption, but simply would have made our child miss the window of opportunity to be brought home--meaning he would have had to wait possibly months for the next available escort...it was an adoption from Taiwan, already finalized by proxy. We were still reeling from the costs of our second China adoption (just a year earlier) and simply didn't have the means to fly to Taiwan and bring him home BUT he could be escorted home for free IF our paperwork was completed quickly enough (translation: an unheard of SEVEN DAYS...when we had been told to expect anywhere from 3-6 months). Of course that was impossible. And it broke my heart to think of our son (already legally OURS as the adoption had been finalized in the Taiwan courts by proxy the week before) having to spend 3-6 needless months longer in the Children's Home simply because of beaucratic delay. I did more calling than you could believe...starting out with NO NUMBERS AT ALL by which I could reach a REAL person that was actually IN our USCIS office instead of Ten Buck Two. (Our office does not release ITS phone number publicly!) <br /><br />In the end, I tracked down a real phone number and the name of the actual person who was in charge of processing all the I600's and I600A's for our area. She was not at all helpful. After more undercover work, I managed to wiggle out from a different employee there the phone number for HER supervisor. Turned out HER supervisor was the sympathetic ear that could move mountains! After I explained our situation to her, she saw to it that our paperwork was processed within 24 hours! And, our son made it home to us the very next week!<br /><br />My advice is diplomatically but RELENTLESSLY beat the bushes until you find someone who has the power to help you. Don't just settle for the answers you are being given now. Call and talk...write down names and phone numbers...work around the system and discreetly find out the information about what specific person is actually in charge of reviewing these particular documents at your ISCIS office...and find out who THAT person reports to (if, when you speak to that person you can't make the needed headway). I wouldn't ask THAT person for his/her supervisor's name and number (that sounds threatening...and that probably will make matters worse)...rather, I would keep finding excuses to call until you can catch THAT person away from their desk and then innocently ask for the next person up in the line of authority there. Each person you speak with, try to find the empathetic spot in their heart. And pray before each call. <br /><br />By the way, your six weird things thoroughly amused me! Actually, after I read your list, I could have identified items for my own list much more easily! I, too, hate the toothpaste tube getting mauled and crusty. The culprit is not my husband, though, but our son! (It bugs my husband even more than it bugs me!) I can also identify with your seat belt woes! (Being 4' 11.5" myself!) When I misplace something, I sleep on it...go to sleep musing where it might be...and, often, I will have a lightbulb moment in the middle of the night while I am half asleep/half awake. My memory is lousy...but, my subconcious is really quite useful at times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com