T minus 9: Introducing Guest Host, WD

Today, you can see that we've been running all sorts of tests ro make sure that we can make posts from China. We are not taking a laptop with us, but plan to use internet cafes and business centers to keep in touch with you.

We know that some people report problems reaching the blogger site from China. If that's the case, I now know how to make posts via email, although posts made this way won't have any photos, which is what you'll really want to see.

I also know that some people have no problems creating blog posts but cannot view their blogs from China. If that's the case, you might still get photos, but you might have to tolerate a bit of weird formatting.

And my super-duper backup plan is to have my favorite father-in-law, the infamous WD, make posts for me. We have calling-cards that will allow us to check in with folks, and I'm hoping that WD will be able to forward the information and any photos I might be able to email him to the blog.

In summary, just ignore our silly test posts we made today.

As I'm typing, we have the last episode of King of Queens on TV. Ahhhh, the wonders of television. On last week's episode, Doug and Carrie decided to adopt a baby and it seemed like they had all the paperwork submitted to the agency in hours (it really takes 4-6 months), and then they commented "Now, we just have to sit back and wait for the call." Well, tonight, they got the call...and I don't think that 18 months of waiting has lapsed in the storyline.

They also got other facts wrong...you think they'd do their research! They were referred a baby that was four days old. That just doesn't happen with adoption from China...it takes about 6 months for the children to be legally cleared for adoption. And Carrie said she was going to call to make arrangements to get on the next plane to Beijing, when in reality, you'd have to wait 3-4 weeks for a travel authorization. If only it went that quickly....