Waiting, Waiting, Waiting.....

I know, a watched pot never boils! It just seems like 1/3 of our lives are spent sleeping, 1/3 of our lives are spent working, and a 1/3 of our lives are spent waiting for something. Oh sure, that 1/3 you are spending waiting you are also eating, brushing your teeth and going to the bathroom. But, if any one of you are like me, you are pretty good at multi-tasking. In fact, the 1/3 of the time I am at work I am also expending brainwaves on waiting. So really I am probably waiting 1/2 of my life for something. I am good like that! Is that impatience or just plain old OCD?



So what am I waiting for? Last year it was this new procedure or that new treatment for infertility. It was waiting in doctor's offices and in exam or procedure rooms It was waiting to take a test. It was waiting to miscarry, not just once but twice. It was waiting to find a donor to try just one shot at using a donor egg. This year it is waiting to hear from Agencies about foster/adoptive applications. Hopefully soon it will be waiting to hear about potential children we can foster/adopt.



Currently we have an application in with SAFY which stands for Specialize Alternatives for Family and Youth. They are a Foster agency that certifies you and then supports you when you get a foster child in your home. They also pay you but not nearly enough to cover the expenses you will probably need to take care of the child. That's ok I am not in it for the money. They are contracted by a number of counties in our area. The county we originally applied with turned around the day before our home study and decided to only use private agencies. They no longer will certify or serve foster children themselves; they don't have the budget any more. So, when a child comes in through DJFS they get processed and an email alert now goes out to all of the private agencies.



It has upsides and downsides, but that is the process now. As a result we had to put in our application somewhere else and that somewhere else is SAFY. We completed a new set of paper work and had our inspections. Now we are just waiting to hear when our next home study will be. Did I mention I hate waiting?



Honestly, I am not sure what will happen when I don't have something to wait for. Right now that day seems pretty far away. I wonder if I will have trouble with out my brain not having something extra to do. Of course by then, hopefully our family will be complete and I will have lots of other things to concentrating on, like being a mom one more time.