Deadline

The last time I griped about how long it had been since I heard anything I heard something that very same day. So....I'm putting it out there in the hopes something will happen.

We signed off on our home study in July 1st and mailed it back to our agency July 2nd. With the holiday in there I figure they received it July 5th and hopefully mailed it to the state with our foster license application by July 9th. We were told it takes 4 to 6 weeks to process and issue a foster license. By my math we should be at week 6. Knowing our state it could be another 2 to 4 weeks. Sigh.....

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I think I forgot to mention the news at work! With the conversion taking up so much of my brain this announcement was pushed to the back burner.

My first day back after vacation, July 26th, I worked at our main office. We, DH and I, were on our 1 hour 45 minute drive home when my cell phone rang. It was my coworker E. She said "I don't know how to tell you this but I want to tell you before you come back tomorrow". I said "are you pregnant?". She said "C and I both are". Now, E and her hubby have been married 8 years or so and suffered 2 miscarriages before they had a healthy baby girl in February of 2009. I am honestly and truly happy for them. Plus, she understands the pain of my infertility and is really excited about our adoption.

C on the other hand is 24 years old, unmarried and lives with her mother. She had a baby in October of 2009. Yes, that's right. She is pregnant and her baby at home is 10 months old. To top it off, she and her mom kicked the baby's daddy out of their house. Wait....there's more! The icing on the cake! E is due February 26th (my DH's birthday) and C is due March 9th!!!! I have to work with 2 pregnant women who are due 2 weeks apart!!!!

Oh my God, give me strength!!!

Now, I can handle the pregnancies. I've been through it before. What I can't handle is my boss not even batting an eye about their appointments and impending maternity leave of 8 - 12 weeks apiece, overlapping, mind you! What I can't handle is the 3rd degree I am receiving about my adoption appointments and being told when I can and can't take off for my adoption leave!! Basically, I cannot take off when they are on maternity leave even though my process started back in March and they didn't get knocked up until MAY!!!! AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!

I ask again, God give me strength!

In a nutshell, I have between now and February to get matched, get a child transitioned to our home and take my maternity-adoption leave. Talk about a deadline!

The typical transition is 3 months and I want to take at the very least 1 month off. That leaves us 2 months to get matched. And, that is barring any complications in the pregnancies!

I put this in God's hands. That is all I can do!