Chris, our lovely new social worker (yes, that is the words 'lovely' and 'social worker' in the same sentence) came round last night for her first assessment visit. She has also given our house the once over and declared it fit for human habitation. Not sure if she'd have said the same if she'd been there an hour later. Andy was making fishing bait. Which requires the mixing of many noxious substances allegedly attractive to fish, rolling it into balls and then boiling, microwaving or baking them. He is very proud of his little round fishy oeur d'oeuvres. Our house smelt like a cross between the back yard of a fishmongers, a tackle shop and a slightly stagnant pond.
She particularly liked our prayer wall...
...and promises to write on it before we finish the process.
We also now have a schedule for the rest of our assessment visits. She was intending to visit once a fortnight, but we've managed to negotiate mainly weekly appointments. The 6th and final one being the 1st July. We're next seeing her in 3 weeks time and have lots of work to do in the mean time. An eco-map and a financial assessment amongst other thngs.
It all feels very exciting. Went for coffee with a good friend (who is one of our adoption referees) afterwards while Andy made bait. Delightful evening.
What a cool prayer wall. Thanks for sharing, and glad my blog inspired you to share pics.
ReplyDeleteLaurel