We're at the point of all processes where all we can do is wait. I mean, that's not exactly true, as there's always tasks I can find for us at the house to do - clean, move furniture, decorate, lock stuff up, rearrange, ect. But, that's on us, and for the most part it's all done -- the rest is just restless maneuvering.
From the actual process standpoint, both for adoption and foster care, we're waiting. And it's grueling.
Our paperwork is complete and should have been turned in so that we can get our temporary foster care license. And then potentially, we'll start taking in kids. Which honestly, I'm both excited and terrified to do. Four of the six kids we asked about adopting are still available -- we're just waiting for our family profiles to be reviewed. Possibly, their workers will take one look at our information and then pass on us. Or, if we're lucky, we'll have the chance to choose between all four, but I'm thinking that's unlikely.
We did learn that the first girl we asked about adopting is still in a holding process. Her worker was considering another family, but it's possible we're still on the list. I'm not holding out a lot of hope on that front, but it's hard to forget it entirely.
It's disappointing how much of both processes are just waiting around. I mean at this point, I'm afraid we'll have to work on Re-Licensing before we ever have any kids in our house.
