{"id":3416,"date":"2014-06-26T12:47:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T16:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2014-06-26T12:47:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T16:47:31","slug":"brief-non-adoption-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=3416","title":{"rendered":"Brief Non-Adoption Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is literally nothing at all happening at the moment with our <a title=\"Timeline\" href=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?page_id=3057\">adoption<\/a>. Of all the kids I <a title=\"Matchmaking and Adoption\" href=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=3393\">requested info<\/a> on, I&#8217;ve received 4 case studies and are awaiting about half a dozen others. We&#8217;re reviewing them, but it&#8217;s difficult since the majority or them are out of Florida. The logistics of traveling several times to meet a potential child of ours is crazy expensive and we don&#8217;t have the time off from work and school to even begin to plan said trips.<\/p>\n<p><center><a data-pin-do=\"embedPin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/206039751672522798\/\"><\/a><!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><\/center><br \/>\nWe both knew foster care adoption wouldn&#8217;t be easy. But we&#8217;re dealing with a whole new set of issues that neither of us anticipated. It&#8217;s giving us time to reflect and evaluate if we want to get our foster care license as well.<\/p>\n<p>But in the meantime, we are keeping busy by house hunting. Yes, something I swore I&#8217;d never do &#8211; looking to buy in South Florida. Right now it&#8217;s just dreaming as we clean up our (my) credit enough to qualify for a lower interest rate. As much as I love and adore the snow, the older I get and the more friends we make, the more I&#8217;m realizing that this little piece of hell on earth isn&#8217;t so bad.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Husband is in school for his MBA so time is tight.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, since he is now on a daylight schedule, we are getting used to each other again. For 4+ years of our life together (nearly half!), we saw each other at most 2 hours a day and partial weekends. He worked the night shift (9p-9a) and while I was at work, he was sleeping. I&#8217;d race home to make dinner, spend some time together then he&#8217;d go off to work.<\/p>\n<p>The last month or so, it seems like a vacation. I&#8217;ve been slacking on the stuff I&#8217;d normally do at night after he&#8217;s leave for work &#8211; dishes, laundry, knitting &#8211; since we now spend a lot of time together&#8230; watching TV. We just finished Orange is the New Black (OMG!) and just started Weeds. Separately, he is watching House of Cards.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;re all well! If you missed any posts, just keep scrolling&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=9qktZ7NNVIA&amp;offerid=332697.10&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\" target=\"new\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kiwi Crate\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=9qktZ7NNVIA&amp;bids=332697.10&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&amp;gridnum=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is literally nothing at all happening at the moment with our adoption. Of all the kids I requested info on, I&#8217;ve received 4 case studies and are awaiting about half a dozen others. We&#8217;re reviewing them, but it&#8217;s difficult since the majority or them are out of Florida. 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