No referrals in September

If the blogosphere and the agencies are right (and it stands to reason they are), the CCAA will not send referrals in September. FYI--there are usually abt 32 days bw referrals, so once a month is the norm. The last set of referrals arrived on 16 August.

A CCAA delegation is visiting the US. It's unclear to me if anyone who signs off on referrals is in that group, but that's probably not relevant. September was skipped last year as well. November is the end of the fiscal yr in China, and the slow down probably relates to balancing records.

As is, it is now Mid-Autumn festival in China, a wonderful holiday that features mooncakes and perhaps a re-telling of the tale of the Lady in the Moon: Tale of the Lady Chang Er I've read that you can order mooncakes at Starbucks in China. They look delish.

All to say, we probably will not hear anything until 1 October or so. Huge sigh of disappointment.