Waiting for Travel Approval (TA)

We find ourselves at the most frustrating part of our journey- everything is complete and we are waiting for the much anticipated TA. Our coordinator confirmed that our Article 5 was picked up and delivered to the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) on Monday, September 6. TA takes about 3-4 weeks, but I have known several families that got it in 2 weeks, even one that got it in 10 days. We are crossing our fingers for a short wait for TA. There is a group of 5 families from our agency leaving on October 6. I am hoping that if we get TA next week or the week after, we can join this group. There are a lot of Chinese holidays coming up over the next few weeks and we don't want to be postponed because of them. Come on TA, we are ready to get on a plane!!!!!