The Dreaded Home Study Visit

One of the biggest components to this whole adoption thing is the home study. For some people it is simple and for others it is very, very difficult. Thankfully (so far), for us it seems to be middle of the road. Our social worker is nice, patient, down-to-earth and realistic. You read all about the "big visit" which is when they come and inspect your house - all of the horror stories scare you to death!

Anyone that knows me at all, knows that a. I have six animals that are the boss-of-me, b. I hate dusting and c. I'm a big stacker meaning I don't put things where they go, I stack. I stack papers on the table (which table? Every table). I stack laundry on my dressers (it gets so high I begin to have a contest with myself to see how high I can get it). I stack things that need to go upstairs on the stairs, I pile clothes I take off on my side of the bed instead of walking over to the hamper not even a foot away.... and the list goes on. So for me to get ready for someone to come "inspect" my house is like having the Queen of England over for tea.

We have a "honey-do" list a mile long. We are in the middle of so many renovations (the bathroom is finally done, THANK THE LORD!), have materials and tools everywhere and just can't seem to get one finished. Well, as of right now, we have until April 20th to get it ALL done. I keep wondering what she is going to look at. She has promised there will not be a white glove test, she will not look under the bed and in the closets (Amen!) and she will be here less than an hour.

Things she will look at: are our guns locked up (good thing we don't have any!), are all chemical type things childproofed (yes! The child proof latches have proven to be Becky-proof as well! I curse at those things constantly!), is there room for the peanut (yes, but I am losing my "office" that I never go in) and do we live like human beings (of course!). I have no clue what to do with my dogs while she is here. I'm going to attempt to put them on the porch and hope she doesn't want to meet them. While they are very friendly dogs, they tend to overwhelm guests because they are too friendly.

So, I guess what I'm getting at here is we have LOT to do to prepare for this home study. I'm tempted to push it out a week but all that will buy us is another week to procrastinate. Call my house at midnight the night before the home study. I guarantee you, someone will answer and you'll probably here a vacuum in the background.

Procrastinators UNITE! Tomorrow.

Speaking of procrastinators... Alex is the star procrastinator in our house. Alex is starting to talk about the adoption, whereas before it was a "hmmm.." or nod of the head. We were at dinner last night and Keith and I were talking about pushing the home study inspection thingy out a week. Alex says "You know, you need to make sure you push everything far back on the counters and make sure there aren't little things on the floor. Kids that age will try to get anything they can." My heart melted a little. I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but it is because it shows he cares. He seems to be getting a little bit excited and I think spending time with his 3 year old cousin over spring break helped a little.

Okay... this procrastinator has things to do. Homework, a quiz to take, financial statements for the adoption paperwork, cleaning, etc... But it will all be there tomorrow, right? So, off to bed I go!