22 Days

Uuugggh. 22 days waiting on the FBI. As of late last week our names were still in the "to be processed" pile. Once they are eventually processed they get sent by snail mail to our homestudy agency. I asked if I could send them a UPS or FedEx label or pay extra to have it overnighted, anything - but the answer was no. Of course the bureaucrats have a system and we can't dare throw an overnight anything in the mix or the well-thought out, perfect, unalterable system would be messed up. Ok, enough with the sarcasm and complaining.

On a more positive note our social worker is wonderful. Way back at the beginning, I asked her if she could please have everything done by the end of March. I thought this might seem a bit pushy but she was very understanding and knows how excited we are to be on the waiting list. She said she would do her best and she hasn't failed. Last night she told me she has the report written with the exception of our third reference (that will give me something to follow up on) and the sentence about us being cleared by the FBI. So our progress can be summed up to 22 days and waiting...