I woke up this morning and hung around the apartment till lunch, then hit the internet cafe.  I'm becoming a regular here now.  I made it back to the apartment about 1:00 and waited around to hear from Vlad.  I had managed to talk with him before I left this morning and he didn't have any news.

I finally got in touch with Vlad at 6:15 p.m.  He was fully expecting to leave tonight with a referral letter.  I even had my bags packed ready to hit the train. However, someone interfered in my adoption and have caused me a LOT of problems.  Someone called the American Embassy about my adoption.  So the Consular visited the NAC today to speak about my "case".  So now the director has back stepped and said she will make a decision on Monday about whether or not to allow the adoption.  She was already going to allow it and we were waiting on the referral letter.  So now because the embassy got involved they pissed her off.  While I appreciate someone wanting to help, you just have no idea how these people work and what the consequences are for me.  Now this adoption is in jeapordy.  So whoever tried to help, don't.  This is MY adoption and MY business.  Do NOT interfer again.  The last time an embassy got involved for a Canadian couple the NAC director drug things out for 2-3 weeks.

So after I got the BAD news and the wallpaper peeled in the apartment again, I hit the cafe to post this message.   I will call the Consular in the morning to find out who contacted them and what exactly was discussed about my "case".

I spoke to the folks about 9:30 tonight and they told me that no one from the family called the embassy.  So I'm gonna take a wild guess.. maybe it was a single woman who traveled a few weeks before me.  She had a rough time.  She was only shown very handicapped kids, delayed 2 weeks between appointments and went home emptied handed.  If I were her, I'd have contacted the embassy and complained.  I probably got drug into it because I'm also a single woman adopting.  This of course is just a guess on my part.  Regardless, the embassy getting involved has delayed my trip.