We officially have it marked on our calendar even though we keep imagining it isn't really going to happen. We have our Home Study on Tuesday, October 2nd from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm and another on Thursday, October 4th (time TBD).
We wouldn't normally be scared but Jon and I tend to feed off one another when it comes to these type of things. And we did what anybody in the world with any common sense would tell you not to do....we consulted the Internet. It is like when you have a big, hairy wart in a peculiar place on your body (I am not talking about me, I am talking about this friend of mine of course) and while it is just that.....a big, hairy wart in a peculiar place on your body, the Internet has a way to tell you that wart is incurable cancer. Well, according to the Internet, our home is cancerous.
Jon and I can field any questions about our desire to adopt, relationship, our pasts, our family, friends, etc., but we can't control the things we can't control. And one of the things we can't control is our dogs. And while 99% of the time our dogs act like normally, happy dogs.....1% of the time they act possessive and aggressive with strangers. Let me clarify that our dogs have NEVER bitten or attacked anyone. I can say with the utmost confidence that we know they would never bite anyone and have seen them both be extraordinarily gentle with children (our nephew Cody rides Rossi around like a horse). However, if you get one person who misjudges a bark or a growl for something more than it really is, it could spell big trouble for us.
We have been fastidiously working with our dogs on jumping, barking, etc., but mainly on remaining calm. They are actually doing quite well, but that is because it has only been Jon and I. Add a stranger into the mix and Lord only knows what will happen.
Pray for us if you will.....we only need to get past 2, two-hour sessions with the Social Worker without incident and we are heading towards the finish line.......err.....the finish line of this part of the process.
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