Week 2 Progress

Now that we are in the second week of our adoption process (and homeschooling, which means my days have been busy!), I've begun to feel a bit of pressure to make some significant progress. Unfortunately, the to do list is long and rather intimidating at this point, so it's hard to figure out where to start. I decided the most important next step would be to establish some contact with our social worker (the person in charge of our home study, who will ultimately decide whether or not we are "fit" to adopt) to find out what part of the home study we should tackle first. I wish I had called her last week! She was such a sweet, calming person who immediately relieved my fears of a stern, drill sergeant-type person pointing out every single flaw. I was able to ask a lot of questions to figure out what she expects of us and will be looking for, which gives some sense of direction to the whole thing.

I also managed to schedule some of our medical evaluations (basically to find out if we have any communicable diseases or any physical issue that could prevent or affect our ability to parent), set up one of our three background checks (which will be another $200-$300--sheesh!), and knocked out another 6 or 7 pages of paperwork. When Darling got home from work, he completed several pages of his portion of the paperwork too, so we are on a roll!

I finished reading another book about adoption over the weekend, and I've started the next one. I can't remember their titles now, so I'll have to post about them another time. For now, I'm exhausted!