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Foster Care Home Study (Part 2, finally!)
Well, I planned to continue this entry nearly five months ago, but life happened, as it is so wont to do. So, here, at last is the second part of our home study which was done back in June…
After Greg, the DHS (Department of Human Services) licensing worker, finished interviewing us all, it was time to walk through the house. I had planned for this day for months. Being a bit anal, every room in the house was cleaned and organized- from the basement workroom to the freshly vacuumed attic with it’s neat rows of carefully labeled boxes. The bathrooms were scrubbed, the fingerprints were scoured from the railings, the fireplace doors gleamed, the pictures were carefully straightened on the walls. All of the drawers and cabinets were cleaned and organized. (This was all in addition to the miracle of having all of the laundry and dishes done at the same time!) The house looked amazing and was ready for a thorough inspection.
We began on the main floor. Greg took a cursory look around. I asked if he’d like to see the garage. He shrugged and said yes, looking in through the doorway for about two seconds. I don’t think he could see much beyond Moby, our massive twelve passenger …