Yep. You read that right. Take three, not four. We should be at the fourth and final part of our home study by now, but things came up for our agency and our home developer had to take over a class instead of complete part three of four. Sooooo we swapped Eddie's portion for the couples interview since I was home on Monday. She got to our house right at one and didn't leave until about five or close to it. Made for a long afternoon, especially since I had the WORST headache. (Sinus and allergy season are in high gear in this household, and we're all going a little crazy with the change in weather.)
The interview consisted of questions about our marriage, what makes it good, what do we fight about, what needs the most work. She didn't quite believe us when we couldn't come up with the things we fight about. She told me they weren't looking for perfect, just the truth LOL. We don't really fight. We argue sometimes, but I think the different schedules with him working nights and me working days really helps to just appreciate any time we have together. We also made two rules when we first tied the knot: #1 NEVER go to our family with any problems we're having with one another. #2 Never go to bed angry. (This also applies to leave for work angry!) She also questioned how we discipline our kids, how age plays a role in that, and what kinds of things we like to do with our kids. Just for fun, I'll give you our answer to one of her questions. :)
*What makes our marriage good/work: We put God first, us second, kids last. We love our kids, but if we don't put our marriage first and work on any problems there, we can't be good parents. (And personally, I don't think I'd be very good at either without putting God first!) We aren't always good to remember to go out on date nights, but we do make the kids go upstairs so we can have some alone time every time we're together. Doesn't keep them from coming down to interrupt, but we'll take what we can get!
Before and after the interview we covered a couple things that we had questions about. First of all, we have clearance to get our finger prints! Yay! I guess that means we passed our background checks. :) We can do that at any time, and they prefer we finish up by the time we've completed our supervision hours so we will be able to be licensed by the beginning of April. However, at $44 a pop, we'll do his this pay period, then mine next pay period. With some other things we are still needing to purchase, we don't want to do everything at once and break the bank. We still need to get an emergency kit together (four gallons of water, flashlights, two-way radios, spare clothes, blankets, non-perishable food, etc), need sheets for the bunk beds, two sets of finger prints, new, locking door knobs for the master bathroom, something to hold our meds and a lock to go with it, and either fix up our dining room table or buy a couple barstools/tall chairs for the kitchen counter so we can all eat as a family. We barely have room in the breakfast nook for Campbell as it is, and she will outgrow her high chair very soon, so we need to think ahead.
Eddie and the kiddos will have another quick interview in a couple weeks. By then she would like us to be almost finished with our hours, finger prints done, and we HAVE to have our meds locked up and show that this is our new method.....until then, we spend as much time with the Joneses or the shelter as possible! Pray that we get our hours in....and in a timely manner. Our schedules are a little bit crazy, and we'll take any prayers we can get through this process! :)
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