Well I intended to post at least once every 2 weeks but once a month is not bad either. Anyway, a lot has happened in the last month!

First, I had my psychological exam. It was quite interesting. I met with the doctor for about 30 minutes and then took an hour and a half assessment. It was over 400 questions on my issues with anger, drugs, alcohol, self esteem and even a few screwball questions like if I enjoy stamp collecting and read Jack Kerouac...huh? I don't get those questions but I must have answered them well because as my letter states, "Ms. Maurer appears to be in good mental health." I'll take it!

Also I've spent a lot of time getting my place in order and my brother came over one day and put up some blinds, curtains and a shelf in the bathroom. Looks very spiffy and I'm so grateful to my bro! And then my great friend from college Chuck came by one day and build me a lattice fence structure for the porch! He's such a gem -- it looks awesome!

And last Monday, August 3rd, my social worker came over to do the final Home Study meeting and inspect my home! It went very well! I'm almost done with my home study -- I need to complete my autobiography, my training hours, and one last criminal history statement. I hope to have this complete next week and then I'm on to completing my dossier!

And finally today I went to Waukegan --almost 2 hour drive in rush hour to complete a 10 minute Biometrics test. Plain and simple, that fancy fingerprinting!

So it's been a busy month but a very satisfying month!