Marble Jars

Now that we have our LID we can start counting down! The waiting list is currently at March 8, 2006, meaning everyone with an LID on that date and before have already received their referrals. There are 1,109 days between that date and our LID (March 20, 2009), so all the people who are Logged In during those 1,109 days have to get their referrals before we can get ours.

The CCAA is currently only referring a few days worth of LIDs a month, but everyone is hoping for a speedup very soon (and there are many signs that it is beginning to happen). We are planning for a 3-year wait (that is how long the people who are getting referrals right now have waited), but we are hoping and praying for less- and we understand that it could be longer, too. So this will be a very long "pregnancy", but in the end it will be SO worth it!

I am going to keep up with the "Countdown to Caitlin" by using these jars:
The first jar is for "LIDs still to go". There are now 1,109 marbles in the jar to represent the number of LIDs that have to be referred before we can get our referral.

The second jar ("Days Closer to Caitlin") is currently empty, but as the CCAA sends out referrals I can begin moving marbles from Jar #1 to Jar #2, one for each LID referred.Hopefully the CCAA will send loads of referrals, and quickly! I can't wait to watch Jar #1 empty and Jar #2 grow!