Again my weeks are flying!
We finally got assigned a licensing worker! This is great, it's one step closer to being foster parents.
We had our first couples interview with her on one of Jason's lunch-times. I felt bad because a 1/2 hr interview ended up taking almost 1.5 hrs, but his boss is really supportive so as long as he lets them know they seem fine with all the work missed.
Jason had his individual interview this morning. It took about 2 hrs. Mine is on Thursday. Once we finish the electrical we'll have our final inspection and then she'll have to write a 15 page report on whether or not she feels we're ready and able to be foster parents. Usually if you get that far it's in the bag, but we're not taking anything for granted.
We have a lot of work to do before then, one of which is purchasing "tot locks." If you've ever bought a video game or super expensive software from a store and seen how they open the plastic cases around the game/software you'll know how a tot lock works. Super strong magnets that can only be unlocked with another super strong magnet. We're going to purchase two of them, one for the chemicals cabinet under the sink and the other for the medicines cabinet over the sink. They're super expensive, but then we don't have to worry about keys or weird catches that take two hands to open and are usually frustrating.
The we've finished almost everything else required of us (or will by the time we finish the electrical ;)
In other news Jason is doing well at work. He had a day last week where he sold more than any of the other service writers. This was a fluke, but it was still cool. He's doing well and learning a lot. If nothing else I think this job has shown him that he has a lot of potential in an amazing amount of areas.
Alisabeth is blossoming too. The other day I finally found the new erasable markers that we had purchased and gave them to her, then I showed her the traceable numbers and letters on her writing board. She spent the next hour tracing them all. She got a little frustrated whenever she messed up a little bit, but that's normal for her. She loved being praised for this accomplishment. She even showed daddy when he got home. She's getting used to the kitty, although I can be sure that if the door is closed to her room she's in the process of stuffing him into a box of some sort.
Midnight is doing well too. He's adjusting well, although with all the rough play he's having a hard time learning to be soft. He also really loves to pull the keys off our keyboards if we leave the house for too long. We went and stayed with Jason's parent's little girls overnight and when we got home I was missing the "b" key and Jason was missing two of his.
I'm doing well as well. I'm trying to get everything organized and into a pattern. We've gotten money matters taken care of, now it's just a matter of getting the house organized and in shape (continually, and not just sporadically).
Overall it's been a normal and mellow type of week, I love those kind.
