Social Workers and USCIS

So today I got an email from my homestudy agency, (Angel Haven Outreach). They're assigning me a social worker today to do my homestudy. Hopefully I will be able to schedule my home meetings with them in the next two weeks, so that my homestudy can be done.

I want to have it in the mail to USCIS and my adoption agency before I leave for Liberia May 10th. I'm hoping to get to the LA USCIS office, to turn in my I-600A next week, so that Dan and I can get our fingerprinting appointments.

Dan has been so great. I owe him a lot. He has finished everything I needed from him up-to-date. There is still the homestudy visit itself as well as the USCIS fingerprinting, but then that's it. I have to say the $400 I've spent getting his background checked, has been worth the $600/month I'm saving in rent. I just wish it was easier on him. He doesn't have anything really vested in Isaac. In fact, I don't even know if he will stay once Isaac comes home. I hope he stays. I feel safe having him in the house (he's one of those Ultimate fighting guys), and he is great company.

So that is the update. I'm insanely broke, and have realized that I need to send out financial help letters to people. I thought that I could pay for this adoption out of pocket, but because I've accepted Isaac's referral already I still owe $7200. Which is insane, because I'm just getting my head around the $2000 homestudy.

But it will all work out. It always does.

So that's the update.