I wanted to give you all a follow up on today's interview. Let me just say when I walked outta there (running to my car as it was pouring down rain) I was totally exhausted, whew!! Being finger/palm printed was somewhat humorous to me, never done that before, LOL. And the paperwork, gosh pages and pages. I think I wrote my address out a million times. (which by the way is a tremendously long address so that part was tedius (sp) )
The interview one on one lasted about 2 hours. I never in my mind figured out is would be soooo in depth. They even asked all about my friends and if any had been abused. I had to tell the lady (all of which is being tape recorded) that a girl friend of mine which is listed as one of my references is abused by her husband. Recently I even had to call the police and watched him being arrested and taken away in cuffs. I explained that I am hated by her husband now. After crying and becoming embarrased I then felt bad thinking I had broken some privacy lines w/ my girlfriend. UGH!
Luckily we moved on w/ the interview onto other happier topics.
The FBI check takes 6-8 weeks. I never realized it would take such a long time. Me being of one that has no patience whatsoever, this process is gonna kill me. I laugh thinking I could go in there and say "ok, here to pick up my new little friend, bye'. LOL. Oh no, not even close!! Once the FBI check has cleared (not worried about that part) I do more interviewing with the facility then the process of finding a child (they call them Little's) to be matched up with. Sadly to say, this process could take up to a year.
They are very determined to match you with a child they feel can truly bond with you. The program with the "Little" can last upto a year or even some are with their "Little's" now 10 years. How amazing is this?!!?
It just kinda brought me down a tad thinking I may have to wait up to a year to find the special "Little" to begin the program with. That's such a long long time!!
Throughout the process my emotions went from "high" thinking oh I know I would make a "Little" really happy, I know I can pass all the tests, etc. Then my emotions went to "low" thinking, gosh what if the "Little" doesn't like me, or I can't get matched up? Am I good enough for this program? Does this lady sitting here interviewing like me? Am I saying the right things? I totally feel like I am making an idiot out of myself and getting totally nervous. It truly was very overwhelming yet the most exciting and thrilling thing I think I have ever done in my life thus far.
So I guess I wont have much news about this program for quite awhile but atleast I have something truly wonderful to look forward to.