Thankful for Phone Tag?

WE ARE BLESSED BEYOND WORDS.
and we are THANKFUL!

It has been a looooong week since my last post. A very long week. I'm waiting for next Monday to get here like a 10 year old waits for Christmas! I just keep reminding myself that sometimes you don't always get what you want at Christmas... So I'd better tone my excitement down a notch until we are actually "approved."
Naah, never mind. Let's stay excited!!

Speaking of excited, I am excitedly waiting for a call back from my CSW. (aka: Case Social Worker). I need to find out what our next steps are after our home inspection, and most of all, how long it should all take.

There is this crazy thing called "Taking a leave" that I will have to do for work for the first time ever in my life. I'm actually going on Maternity Leave, and I get 12 weeks off protected by the FMLA.
This is not just a crazy idea because I'm taking time off for kids I don't even know about and don't even have yet, but I never take time off. I never call in sick! I am always 10 minutes early to work and never late! This whole taking time off for 12 weeks thing is quite frankly freaking me out a little. Not to mention its freaking out my boss. He hasn't said much about it, which means he's worried stiff. I know him well... I'm glad I'll be missed. hehe!

The issue with planning this 12 weeks off thing, is that I have no idea when to start it!
When you're pregnant, you get some kind of a due date to work with. For me, I get to sit and wait for a phone call that could happen any time, any place! My work needs to hire someone to take my place while I'm gone, so that takes time too.

So I called my CSW to ask some questions about the after-math of the home visit.

We are playing this game that I am really good at... It's called "Phone Tag". It's a game that happens when you don't have a desk job, so you can't just pick up your phone to chat, but you have the same hours as a person that has a desk job. So by the time I'm at work, she's not quite there. And by the time I go on lunch, she's on lunch and the phone goes straight to voicemail. This is a fun game. I am thankful for this game. I am thankful I have a phone. I am thankful I have a CSW that is kind enough to call me back!

Really, seriously, I am thankful! It might sound a little sarcastic, (and ok, it is...a little), but I AM thankful for all of these things! Can you imagine how hard life would be if I didn't have a phone? Or if I had a horrible CSW like some of the families I've talked to? Or if I didn't have a job taking up all my talking-on-the-phone time?

I am thankful! I am impatient and a little anxious and annoyed and ready to get the ball rolling, but I am thankful! And I know everything will work out the way it is meant to in the end.
How do I know? Because I have faith. And so far, God has never let me down! I mean sure, sometimes I don't get what I'm asking for, but I get what I was meant to receive. Trust me, 3 years ago, I was not planning on waiting for a Social Worker to call me back this week. I was planning on adopting after we'd had a kid or two of our own flesh and blood.

and we are really excited!!!!!

Now, I'm waiting by the phone for the millionth time, completely, what do the kids call it? "Psyched" about what is happening in our lives! I couldn't be happier, and I am SO THANKFUL to the Lord, because He knows what is best for us and He IS GOOD! :)

           HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone!!

 

 

(can you tell I got up really early to write this and drank waaaay too much coffee?!)