March Madness

Well, we have started our Pre-Training PRIDE Adoption classes and there are 12 people in our class. Out of the 12 people 4 of the couples have all been married 8 years. How weird is that. Our first class just went over everything we were going to cover and was very basic. DH thinks the classes were made for morans because it is all common sense stuff, but I assured him that it will get down to the nitty gritty soon enough and also that there are so many kinds of people taking these classes that DCFS has to go over the basics becuase not everyone is as smart as him! : 0-

Our second class covered teamwork/communication and how ironic is it that our one of our instructors was MIA and the other instructor had no idea where she was, nor did she have her phone # to call her and find out what was going on. Needless to say, not the example you want to set on the day you are going over TEAMWORK! We did find out at the end of the class that Instructor #2 had her plane cancelled so she could not get out of the state she was in. I do understand there are things that happen that are out of our control and no my expectations are not high for DCFS, I just thought it was kind of ironic! So as to how the class went it was great and interesting because she had us get into 3 groups without our spouses and we had to role play each group representing either the Foster Parent, Teacher, or Caseworker it actually made the class a little more interesting and kind of fun and challenging, becuase I do enjoy a challenge or I would not be in this position!

We had our caseworker K come over last night for another 2 hours and continue our homestudy. I think it really went well. My DH was pouring his soul out to her which I'm not so sure that is a good thing at times, but I do appreciate his honesty. I might not have said some of the things he said because of course I am a little reserved, but better to tell him exactly what he wont tolerate then to be put in a position where he can't handle it so I am chalking it up to the Lord will bring us exactly what we need in our lives at the right time.

We have our 3rd Session this Saturday and I find myself really looking forward to them. I remember thinking that these classes seemed so far away, but now that they are here I feel like they are going quite fast. K told us that our background checks are finished and our references are finished and those are the things that usually take the longest so once we finish our classes she will just have to do our assessment and we will be licensed (if we pass of course). I'm not really worried about that though.

I do find myself talking about this more and more and feeling really good about it. I can't help but talk about it because as everyone wants to make plans on Saturdays and we have to tell them what we are doing and it leads to great conversations to say the least. Also, just a side note K is very down to earth and we are really liking her. I think we will have a very good relationship with her.