Lost In Translation

We had our first hiccup in our adoption process. Part of the process is a home study. This entails working with a social worker, getting interviewed, fingerprinted and all the necessary background checks. We have to request this home study through a local agency because the adoption agency we are using is out of state. I called the local agency and left a message for a coordinator to call me back because my hubby and I were sending in an application (and check) for the home study and we wanted to touch base. The person never called back. The social worker called tonight to say she spoke to the person at the local agency to give her a head's up and the person said she had not yet heard from us (insert frustrated sigh here). The social worker gives me the woman's direct number -I used a toll free number on the local agency's website the first time I called because well, the social worker told me to (insert raised eyebrow here). I called the new number this evening got voicemail and left another message. If I do not receive a call back tomorrow by noon I will be calling again.

I know this is bothering me more than it really should. I am well organized and detailed oriented when it comes to certain things in my life. Sure I let my desk get messy and I don't clean out my fridge as often as I should. Important things however, like medical records, insurance documents, paperwork concerning my future child are paramount. If this is how I can expect things to run (translation not smoothly) I am going to have issues. I can only hope that I can contain my razor sharp tongue from saying anything too detrimental. I know that would be bad....very bad and I need to keep myself in check (this is why I married my husband: restraint and tech support...more on that in a later blog).

Another bothersome component of this process: the employment letter. The agency requires that we both get letters documenting our employment and that we are not in jeopardy of losing our jobs. Um, hello? Is anyone in tune with what is going on right now ? Why don't they just ask us to bring a psychic in and have them give a reading on videotape on what the future holds. Absolutely incredulous. I know you need to be able to provide for your new child but how can one predict a layoff or a change in technology or a company going belly up ? There has to be a better way. Make people take a skills assessment test like you do in school to determine what area you are best suited to work. What happens if a parent loses their job 2 years after an adoption? Will they come and take the child away from you until you get another job ? Sorry to go on about this but the bottom line is if I were to lose my job I would bust my ass 100 times harder than the next guy/gal to find a new one because that's just who I am. Too bad they don't ask for a sworn affidavit concerning one's work ethic.