Thoughts

I forgot to mention I received an email yesterday from our agency letting me know our application has gone through the process and was forwarded to our new social worker. The email also had a link for the portal we will use to be in contact with our social worker. It's really neat. There's a spot to post questions and responses and a section that has the checklist of what we need to accomplish. We have the preliminary application done and the next thing on the list said we needed to go to an informational meeting. I told Daddy I hope we didn't have to go since we already adopted and have been immersed in the adoption world since 2004. I just logged onto the portal tonight and there is a check mark by informational meeting. YAY! We don't have to go! The next step is formal application. Eep! It's getting exciting!

Daddy has a job interview next Thursday. Please pray he is offered the job.

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I have been looking for my glasses prescription the past few days because Daddy said there's a company (he can get a discount through Cabela's) that sells sunglasses and you can even get a pair with a prescription. Nice! Well I found a printout of an email Daddy's mom sent him. She had actually printed it and come to find out Brian brought it with him when he helped Dadddy move stuff, nice. I am just in shock after reading her comments about me and Daddy. More specifically Daddy. I don't mind she has turned everything I say around but don't go blasting Daddy. She has the nerve to turn Daddy's faith around and say how can God bless us when we seem to be spoiling ourselves. HUH? What? She then says she only learned about our foreclosure from Barb because she took the notion to look it up online. So that makes it OK? It's none of their business. We didn't tell them because, well, you know why, they assumed wrong and no matter what we say they don't believe us.

It's very pathetic. I just want to cry for Daddy. He has done everything to support his family, be there for us and provide for us. He has done more and then some and his parents/family have never given him any credit on what a wonderful, God-fearing man he is. Instead they turn around and bash him. Tear him down and make him feel like crap. While they all condone his 2 brothers who are 27 and 24 and have no jobs, no ambition in life, his parent pay for everything, and that's OK.

Why is the one son who actually is doing what God commands is bashed because of it? His parents should be proud of him. I pray Little Man grows up to be just like his dad.

It is very sad and I ask you pray for us/Daddy.

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Work is going great. I'm so tired at night and feel bad I haven't been able to connect with my friends. I haven't been able to be on Adoption Talk that much or able to call a few friends, especially my one friend who was just placed with a baby girl and another friend who gave birth to a baby boy last week. The nights are just too short.

I do feel blessed that Daddy has taking on all the house duties and I haven't had to lift a finger since I started working. Well I do help out but he has all the laundry caught up and dishes done. Today I came home from work and he had unpacked 3 boxes, put together a shelf in the kitchen that holds our pots and pans and a new computer desk. He also hung up 3 more picture frames, vacuumed and swept and mopped the entry way.

I'm truly blessed to have him.