Day 3

Day 3

So, Lulu hates being in the car. She screams, I sweat and feel carsick. Meanwhile, her little orphanage friend Ansley just looks on with wide eyes. We were back to the Chinese Cultural Affairs building to be interviewed. It is not until the interview process is over that Lulu is considered ours. There is a 24 hour window after which, "no give-backs". We were interviewed by two different women. The first asked us a serious of questions including, "Do you promise to keep this girl and not abuse her?" I almost started crying -- how could she ask such a question of my little Louisa? After that we answered a serious of other questions about taking care of her and providing a good education. We signed several pieces of paper and we were done!

We returned to the hotel room and prepared for our move to a new room. At this point Lulu has decided that she trusts me, and no one else. I am not allowed to put her down for a second or big tears and wails come flying. While I find this really sweet, it means that Neal has to completely pack up the room by himself. And, my left arm is going numb from carrying around a 20 pound package of joy.  Moving is a drag, but our old room has every window covered with burlap due to construction. I can handle jack hammers, I can't handle not seeing daylight. The move is made worse by the fact that we are moving back to the original building -- 2 blocks away. I would be embarassed, but they already think were are nuts so I just go with it. Plus, the new hotel room is really nic