It's true

In case you haven't heard (via Facebook or text messaging or my dad calling you), we are going to Haiti next week to get Vivine! We leave Tuesday, the visa appointment is Thursday, and (God willing) we will come home on Saturday. All three of us.

PC and I have declared today, Saturday, Sunday and Monday the Happy Days. Right now is the perfect time in our lives. We've gotten what we wanted, but we haven't had to deal with any of the ramifications. It's like that great feeling between being accepted to college and the first day of school, or between getting a new job and your first day of work. For the past two years, a sour, cynical, shriveled old hag has been living inside me, keeping me from hoping too much for this. She constantly reminded me that it could all. go. wrong. But now that we know Vivine is coming home, I don't need her anymore. She has been evicted. I feel like a new person. The hard times are over. Let the good times roll!