Moving at lightspeed in the slow lane

We have already gotten 3 house visits under our heels. Fast and Furious has nothing on us. When we started this process we were told that to get through paperwork and clearances it would take 4-6 months. So we both set our mental clocks in that direction.

During a talk with Susan about all of the paperwork that we needed to do, she expressed the opinion that I was not going to help with the paperwork and that I really needed to do my part. She is very correct, I despise paperwork. It's boring and I have no patience for it in most cases, even more so when you get asked the same question over and over again. What's that? you need my name address and social again? Oh your computer system doesn't talk with that one? Why not? Oh hell... Ok, I'll write it out one more time....

So we dug in and got as much as done as quickly as we could. We got our criminal background checks done, and our child abuse clearances, and sent in our finger prints to the FBI for clearances there also. I still feel weird about voluntarily putting myself into the FBI database. Next my genetic code? In any case, less than a month later we only have the smallest amount of paperwork to be done. We have to write up a couple short paragraphs about our lives. We need to finish writing out the resources worksheet. After that we are pretty much done. We go for certification in CPR/First Aid/AED on Saturday.

After these minor things are done we just need to read over the family profile that our social worker is writing up about us and approve it. Eventually we need to get car seat training done, but this will not hold up certification.

It looks like we will only need to have 2 more house visits and then we will be done. We will have everything complete in about a 2 month time frame. Our mental clocks have not quite caught up to the new time frame, but we are working on it.

This is exciting/scary and has put me into a much more contemplative mood as of late. I keep examining my life and the way I live, and the way I think I should be living. What impact I want to have on a child's life. All I can really say, is that in the end, things will change.

A quote hit me in the right spot today and I thought I'd pass it along
"Perfect is the enemy of good." ~ Voltaire