Nevermind
All that stuff I wrote yesterday about being patient? Forget it.
I don’t know why, but today I’m pissed that we didn’t get our TA. I think part of it is that I really thought we’d get it today. Then to see all those other folks get theirs, and now we’re waiting until at least the end of next week to get our US Consulate appointment, around which all the travel dates are built. Hopefully, this won’t delay our actual travel too much, but it seems likely that it will–other agencies are getting their TAs and booking consulate appointments. Instead of Halloween, we may spend Thanksgiving in China now. Just another step (or lack thereof) in the hurry up and wait experience that is adoption.