Things that take 9 hrs:
*Watching the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
* Driving from Killeen to Jackson, Mississippi
* Watching all of the first season of Stranger Things
* My dad talking about Barbershop music (not a complaint)
* A Home Visit from our adoption agency
Tomorrow we have our home visit from Helping Hand home, where a nice lady will show up to our house a 9am and then interview us for the next 9 hrs, 3 hrs with me, 3 hrs with Amanda, 3 hrs together. Once this step is done it will take them about 4-5 weeks to finalize and then there is a good chance that we will officially be licensed. This is the final hurdle that we have to get through that started in July, which is crazy because it feels like we started this yesterday. Amanda and I have spent the entire weekend getting our house cleaned so that we make a good impression and to alleviate any fears from the agency that we might be hoarders who keep National Geographics from 1973. I'm trying not to get nervous about this. We don't know a lot about how this will go, other than it will be intense, and if the biography that we had to fill out is any indicator, it will be just that. Its hard having to answer questions like "tell us the saddest moment of your childhood" or "do you think you and your sibling(s) were treated equally?" or "did Oswald act alone?" The answers are losing my first dog, yes, and yes. I don't know how prepared I'm going to be talking about myself in such a personal way. I'm not exactly "Mr. let me tell you everything about my life" more of a "Mr. I don't like being around people all that much because I'm short and likely to spill things in my lap." I know I'm being paranoid but I'm really nervous that I'm going to say something to stupid about myself that might blow our shot.
"What would you is your biggest flaw?"
"That I like to sing Opera in the shower in the voice of the Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show."
"Umm.. ohhhh k."
And of course Amanda won't be there to reign me in, or give the death stare when I blurt out something stupid. Maybe I'll tell them I'm a stress induced mute.
I'm sure I shouldn't think about this is a make or break moment. I mean, we have gone through all of the other steps in the process and we've been absolutely fine. Even if something horrible goes wrong tomorrow it will still be ok.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow.
You're only a daaaaaaay (BREATH) aaaaaaaaa (BREATH) wayyyyyyyyy.
*Watching the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
* Driving from Killeen to Jackson, Mississippi
* Watching all of the first season of Stranger Things
* My dad talking about Barbershop music (not a complaint)
* A Home Visit from our adoption agency
Tomorrow we have our home visit from Helping Hand home, where a nice lady will show up to our house a 9am and then interview us for the next 9 hrs, 3 hrs with me, 3 hrs with Amanda, 3 hrs together. Once this step is done it will take them about 4-5 weeks to finalize and then there is a good chance that we will officially be licensed. This is the final hurdle that we have to get through that started in July, which is crazy because it feels like we started this yesterday. Amanda and I have spent the entire weekend getting our house cleaned so that we make a good impression and to alleviate any fears from the agency that we might be hoarders who keep National Geographics from 1973. I'm trying not to get nervous about this. We don't know a lot about how this will go, other than it will be intense, and if the biography that we had to fill out is any indicator, it will be just that. Its hard having to answer questions like "tell us the saddest moment of your childhood" or "do you think you and your sibling(s) were treated equally?" or "did Oswald act alone?" The answers are losing my first dog, yes, and yes. I don't know how prepared I'm going to be talking about myself in such a personal way. I'm not exactly "Mr. let me tell you everything about my life" more of a "Mr. I don't like being around people all that much because I'm short and likely to spill things in my lap." I know I'm being paranoid but I'm really nervous that I'm going to say something to stupid about myself that might blow our shot.
"What would you is your biggest flaw?"
"That I like to sing Opera in the shower in the voice of the Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show."
"Umm.. ohhhh k."
Vesti la giubba sherm de sherm de herf!!
And of course Amanda won't be there to reign me in, or give the death stare when I blurt out something stupid. Maybe I'll tell them I'm a stress induced mute.
I'm sure I shouldn't think about this is a make or break moment. I mean, we have gone through all of the other steps in the process and we've been absolutely fine. Even if something horrible goes wrong tomorrow it will still be ok.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow.
You're only a daaaaaaay (BREATH) aaaaaaaaa (BREATH) wayyyyyyyyy.
Oh my gosh... first... I love the Swedish Chef, and I don't think that singing like him (or being able to caption a picture of him) is a flaw. That's awesome. On to other things... sorry-not-sorry that you're going first. Our house still isn't clean enough, so you know.. we have a few weeks to go, but I can't wait to hear your notes on the subject first. Next, 9 hours!? I somehow missed that info. Will it then take our family 18 hours of interviews!? That's like 1/2 of TBRI training in interviews. Do you think they'll ask us to show them our best SAMA hold? Lastly, remember how to do "cool-the-soup" breathing and relax. You guys are the best and you're totally going to rock it. Looking forward to seeing you soon, and thanks for keeping the updates.
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