"To Do Lists"

I pretty much always have an on-going “To Do List” around the house.  You know,… there are always things that need to be done (laundry, change air filters, vacuum, dust, re-organize something, etc).

Tonight as I was making our “Weekend To Do List” (Erik despises those), I found that it was twice as long as usual. 

We now have TWO “Weekend To Do Lists”! (I’m sure I am not Erik’s favorite person right now).  We have an “Adoption To Do List” and a “Non-Adoption To Do List”.  J  One is equally as long as the other.

So…. we have LOTS of stuff to do this weekend!  We have “homework” from our 1^st Adoption class that's due Tuesday (2 pages of questions) and we’re going to work on our “self studies” from the Home Study paperwork along with lots of other forms. 

The self studies are what we’re dreading the most.  We each have a 10 page packet to fill out about ourselves.  For example:  describe your personality, your strengths, your weaknesses, personal achievements, personal goals, hobbies, interests, etc…. detailed questions about your childhood and family of origin… detailed questions about your marriage… detailed questions about previous “significant relationships” (whaaat?)… detailed questions about your parenting styles… detailed questions about adoption (3 pages in that one category)….

When I say detailed I mean very detailed.

We’re also going to work on each of our “SAFE Questionnaires” (SAFE= structured analysis family evaluation).  These are 11 pages each. 

Remember when I said we were overwhelmed??..... Yeah….. we still are. J