Four score and 20 caseworkers ago

I realize I’ve neglected to tell you about our caseworker at the adoption agency. Her name is (was? more on that later…) Michelle. The agency assigns one’s adoption case to a social worker who fields all your questions and conducts all the visits that are needed (one group, 2 individual, and one at our home).

As it turns out, the worker assigned to us only worked from 9-3 each day and lived in Freeport. I talked to her about this and told her that we each worked 1.5 – 2 hours from Rockford. For us to make, say, a 130 meeting, we’d have to take a whole half-day off. She did say that she thought it was odd that they assigned us to her, given the time and distance, but that we’d see how things went.

Well, no worries about that! I called yesterday to say that we’d gotten our DCFS fingerprints and were ready to make an appointment to get together, only to find out that she gave her 2 weeks notice and would no longer be our CW.

Probably for the best, given time and travel. Mind you, I’d love to work part-time and have the opportunity to inconvenience someone ELSE with MY schedule, but when you add the 1.5 – 2 hour drive? Anyway, doesn’t it just figure?

They’re meeting on Tuesday and will reassign our case to someone who, hopefully, doesn’t live in Iowa.