Well baby, we are reaching the "light at the end of the tunnel." Unfortunately, we have been in a holding pattern for over a month and half now. We originally proposed that we would be in the pool of candidates by November 1st. Well, as you can see that date has come and gone and then some. We have been finished with EVERYTHING required of us a long time ago. We are just waiting on our MN and West Coast agencies to get on the same page, get the paperwork in order, and give us the official word.
Well, we received our final home study from our MN agency and are just waiting on the final version of our West Coast home study. We were told by our West Coast adoption agency to be prepared to be in the pool around mid-January which feels way more real than the timeline Jon and I "thought up" when we began the process so many months ago.
So, roughly three weeks and our lives are going to change in a way I cannot even describe in words. Just being constantly aware that at any minute the phone could ring and it could be THE call. I am also terribly afraid this is going to put Jon and I in a state of constant emotional panic every time the phone rings. We will have to think of ways to overcome this or it might put us in the loony bin.
Jon isn't slacking either. It does feel wonderful to have that stack of paperwork up to our eyeballs complete!
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