Frustrated

I'm so frustrated today I was actually brought to tears. For nearly a month now I have been attempting to line up psychological evaluations for each of us as they are needed for our adoption dossier that we intend to complete by the end of March. I won't go into all the details but let me just say that I have made numerous phone calls, sent numerous texts, searched numerous websites and I still do not have a psychologist identified who can help us. I've even been in contact with two providers (which makes it worse b/c then I actually think I'm getting somewhere) but with no success. For some of the others all I want to do is speak to them for 2 minutes (necessary since the receptionist has no idea) prior to making an appointment so I can find out if they can actually provide what we need. This has been like pulling teeth!
The way it's worked so far here is that I call the landline number of the office, I'm given a cell phone number of the secretary whom I am supposed to text then she/he responds via text and asks repetative questions that don't address my original questions then I'm told to come into the office to speak to the doctor but I can't make an appointment to do this - no, no one keeps appointments here - I just have to show up on the day the doctor is supposed to be working and wait behind everyone else that don't have appointments. Seriously, SO many things work like this here in the Philippines. It's like people have ALL day to accomplish the simplest tasks! This of course is my Western mindset at work. We have busy schedules. We make appointments. We are expected to be on time and we expect our service providers to also. Now of course i realize that waiting for doctors is also part of the deal in the west so i'm not trying to paint an unrealistically rosy picture here. But come on!! At least back home you can usually get the information you need from the receptionist prior to making the appointment so you at least know you're not going to waste your time waiting for nothing.
So today I decided to give up on my two hopeful contacts (I've been waiting for them to get back to me) and just search online for any psychologist I can find at any of the hospitals i know of in Cebu. The one website that i found to one hospital that actually gave me a list of providers looked promising so i wrote 3 of the 5 names and phone numbers down (the other 2 i had already tried). So I dialed Doctor # 1: I was told by the receptionist to call back at 12:30 and she promptly hung up. Doctor #2: the number is currently not in service. Doctor #3: Same message: this number also is not in service.
This was when i had a slight break down and cried to release my frustration.
And this is just the psychological evals! I'm experiencing a very similar experience with my medical letter and our police clearance letter.
Help me!! Doesn't anyone understand deadlines!!??
Wow. i guess i'd better be careful not to let the psychologist i do find read this post - he/she might think i've lost it. Personally I think it has a bit to do with the less than 3 hours of sleep i got last night at the clinic. ah well, i feel like it's okay to vent on my own blog and i'm glad i could do that today since Andrey's not here for me to whine to...