Minor Meltdown

So Tuesday night at dinner, Tim nonchalontly tells me that an aquaintance of his who is registered for our MAPP class mentioned that he and his wife attended an orientation a couple weeks ago.  This sent my mind and heart into overdrive!  Was this orientation mandatory?  Why weren't we told about it?  Are we even registered?  How long will we have to wait for the next set of classes?  I checked the website that lists the MAPP infom for our area, and was maddened (but not surprised) to see that it was way out of date and did not have any information on current classes.  I cried a little and yelled at the computer some.

First thing Wednesday morning, I sent emails and left phone messages for the class teacher and the lady who was supposed to register us inquiring about the orientation.  I was as civil as possible in my messages, but inside I was secretly wishing to ring their necks if they were at fault for us missing the orientation!  So Wednesday slowly passed with no word from either of them.  I tried to tell myself that both are busy and are likely out of the office today.

Thursday came and went.  I took that day off work to spend with Tim, since it was his birthday.  We did everything on his birthday wishlist, including eating BBQ (big yuck to that), and seeing a movie.  We attempted to go to the batting cages, but the weather was awful.  I was mostly distracted, but my mind kept wondering back to whether or not we had missed the classes.

Friday morning at work I rejoiced when I saw responses from both workers!  That orientation was not for our class, and the other couple is likely going through another agency!  I swear I heard my heart sing!  We are indeed registered!  So it's less than a month til our classes start.  Luckily our classes are expedited and we only have three weeks of them.  Then it's a home study and the wait for a placement.  I'm sure the HS will take ages and we'll be waiting even longer for a placement since we want a low legal risk infant.  But I can't help but to be excited that we are on our way to meeting our little boy or girl!

I'm starting a blog with hope that it will help me chronicle the crooked, curvy, topsy-turvy road my husband, Tim, and I are taking to become a mommy and daddy!  This is us...

Kinda cute, huh?! 

We've been married for almost two years, together for four.  We've been trying to conceive pretty much since getting married, but due to some complications on my end, we haven't been able to.  I've always wanted to adopt, though!  My brother and sister are adopted and I am incredibly close to them.  I couldn't imagine them not being in my family!  So now Tim and I have decided to adopt from foster care!  Exciting and terrifying all in one....but I feel like this is the path we are supposed to take.  I know our little one is out there somewhere waiting as impatiently for us as we are for them!

My sister, brother, and me

We registered for our MAPP classes, which is the first step in foster care adoption.  We registered about three weeks ago and our classes don't start until October 17.  I'm already on pins and needles and am composing a mental list of questions for our poor teacher!  I think I'm going to be that annoying person who raises her hand every two minutes!

I've been reading up on message boards and things about the process, and am getting kind of discouraged.  It seems like it takes longer than I thought!  I wasn't expecting to just take a class and then get handed a baby....I'm a social worker myself and I know better than that!  But I didn't realize it would take as long as some people say it does! 

I'm going to try to stay positive, though.  But patience is not a virtue I was blessed with!