Slow motion

Quick update on the not-so-quick turn around of our application:
Just spoke with the woman who is processing our application at DSS.  It seems the woman who did the home study is taking her sweet time on completing the write up.  She's "supposed to drop it by the DSS office sometime this week."
Appears the Columbia office that actually does the licensing is also running behind (shocker).  Initially, we were told about 4 weeks.  Today, I was told 8.  Looks like June now.  It's seriously like watching America's Funniest Home Videos  on tv...where they put the scene in slow motion and you just KNOW the Dad is going to get a total crotch shot with the kids baseball but they drrrrag it out....  (hmm maybe it's not exactly like that but you know what i mean...i hope)
Honestly, I "get" why they have this process and I "get" why they need all of this paperwork - well, not really...a lot can/should be done online and a credit report would resolve 99% of the financial info they require...but I digress.  I know we are dealing with children and not puppies....I know it's a process.  But June will be about 10 mos since we started this process.  We are told countless times how many kids need homes NOW and how some children are even put in group homes with teens because there's nowhere else for them to go...you'd think they'd try to streamline this a little.  Although...come to think of it..we are dealing with the government....so if it's broken, we probably need more documentation and procedures...oh and more people.

Off soapbox.  There's your update folks.  ;)