So, we got the preliminary paperwork sent off to our adoption agency, and got the OK to go ahead with our homestudy agency! Basically, that means that we can now fill out the paperwork to send to the homestudy agency, so that they can help us fill out even more paperwork….how exciting!
Yeah, I’m feeling a bit sarcastic today, what can I say? I’ve passed the paperwork over to Mike, I’m letting him proof read the application (and fill in all the hard stuff that I got tired of figuring out on my own - don’t tell him that, though). We are both begining to master the art of filling in little boxes of information.
Aside from the sarcastic mood, I think we’re doing pretty well still on this. Yeah, it’s a lot of paperwork, and frankly my biggest concerns at this point are having enough paper to print on and keeping all the forms straight, but that’s alright. I can do organization with the best of them. The funny little nerves in the stomach and the “we’re really going to do this? are we sure? have we examined it from all possible sides? are we forgetting anything?” worries are gone now. In their place, we have new worries: “Did I remember to put all the right forms in the envelope? Do I know what the right forms are? What am I sending to whom, where am I sending it to them, and when am I supposed to send it?”
And then there’s the funny little fact that these forms all ask some things that are so standard you’re tired of writing them (name, address, etc.) and at the same time ask things that you never thought there’d be a quiz on later in life, like your past residences and dates you lived there going back 10 years. I’m considering never moving again, for fear that there will be a quiz on it and later.
After this, if I never have to write my address in a little box, it will be too soon….
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