Home Study

I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the idea of the home study had me tied up in knots.  I was so nervous and had no idea what to expect and so I just let my mind run rampant.  I truly believe the idea of the home study is what kept us from trying this years ago.  Today we had our appointment.  It was scheduled for 9am but there was a scheduling conflict and luckily we were able to push it back just three hours.  Funny thing though, I had had a dream Sunday night that our home study would be canceled and so when I got the call around 7pm Monday night I just knew something was wrong.  Luckily that wasn't the case and we were able to fit in another time.  We went to lunch before our case worker got here and I was so nervous, I hardly ate a bite.  We came home and sat in silence and waited.  We didn't know what to expect and were scared about the outcome.  He arrived and we sat down for about 5 minutes talking.  He then got up and had us give him a tour of our home.  Not much was said and it was nearly impossible to read him.  He did say that our house was well put together and we have a good use of space.  He also hadn't noted any major safety concerns.  We then sat down and talked again.  He has to finish writing up our home study paperwork and then if he gets it completed in time will take it to the committee for approval tomorrow.  If that is the case and we are approved, we will go online this weekend.  If he doesn't get it completed in time, then we have to wait until next Wednesday for the approval and that following weekend before we are launched online.  Either way, the meeting was a breeze.  It was very, very quick.  Nothing of what I expected.  I'm glad it's over and can hardly believe that we will be in Phase 4, the finding stage, very shortly.