Dossier Physical...Check!

I had my dossier physical today. You know from my previous gripes how much I don't like our clinic we have to go to. I took Melissa's advice and used my ob/gyn for my physical. I was warned ahead of time by Jodi that our clinic refuses to provide the doctor's medical license but she gave me an "easy" way to get the copy. Now y'all know that there is never anything "easy" when it comes to IA so I was a little skeptical at first. I called the state medical board yesterday and got the copies from them, they certified them, notarized them and already mailed them out today for us. The agency told me they require ten business days to complete the request but she understood we needed them to be apostilled by next week and did them while I was on the phone with her. She's even trusting enough to send us the bill for the service along with all the copies we asked for instead of waiting for payment first. I couldn't believe it! I told the lady at the state office that nothing is ever easy in IA and I thanked her over and over again for helping us so quickly. What a blessing!

Well I must have used up all my easiness points for the day because it all changed for my physical. First off, no notary at the small clinic I had to go to. So I went door to door in the office complex while I waited to be called back for my appointment and asked for a notary at every office. One lady across the hall was a notary but she didn't have her stuff with her. Another guy was a notary but he wasn't willing to leave his office and notarize the doctor's signature. My doctor had a roomful of patients so I knew he wouldn't be leaving to get something notarized for me. I ran all over the place looking for a notary. When I got back to the office several of the nurses said they didn't think my doctor would even be willing to complete the medical form for me and would probably send me to my PCP. Great. In the end my doctor was awesome and filled out the paperwork for me and we figured out that I would beg a lady that I work with that is a notary to go with me after school tomorrow and notarize the form for me. She's a great lady and I'm thinking I can bribe her with chocolate. Monday is Randy's physical and he's at the main clinic and I know there is a notary there so he should be okay. Knock on wood.

I also called the Secretary of State's office today to re-re-reconfirm that they will still apostille hand carried items and that they would be done that day and they put me at ease that they would indeed do that. Our home study is done and is available for pickup by Friday. After Randy's appt on Monday, we'll drive the hour drive to Austin on Tuesday and get our dossier apostilled and then overnight it to our agency the next day. Woohoo!!

The sooner we get our dossier to our agency, the sooner we travel. Right now they are hoping to have us in Russia by end of January instead of February. That would be great!