I'm finally back in Lincoln after about a week outside of Dayton, Ohio at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships. I had the opportunity to referee some great games, I reffed with some great people, and I got a little heat exhaustion. A good time all around. Nebraska had four referees selected to referee finals -- three from Lincoln -- which is a great number. Even better, Lincoln's Patrick Slane was selected to referee at nationals, coming up in July in Overland Park. Congratulations, Patrick!
I was pretty distracted at the tail end of the trip. On Monday I found out our foster care license had gone through. Yay! We snuck under the wire since Cedar's is ending foster care services ... well, yesterday. Had our paperwork taken longer to process, we probably would have been delayed while Cedar's shipped our stuff off to a different agency. It was quite a relief to hear that we wouldn't have to deal with that.
On Tuesday night The Missus called in a panic. Two boys were on the way to the house and I wasn't even in the same timezone. I would have left Ohio right then, but I was much too tired. I never would have survived the 13-hour trip. Long story short, they survived the first night and I was in the car at six the next morning. I arrived back in Lincoln to find two wonderful boys who literally welcomed me into their lives with open arms.
So ... that's what I have been up to. What's new in Lincoln these days? I need to go catch up on my news and gossip.
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Yes, you were missed. Congrats on the additions to the family! I think it’s a wonderful thing.
Your life has become way more exciting than mine. We did miss you.
So how long did the whole process take from start to finish?
I don’t remember exact dates so I’m going by rough memory here. We started classes in late January or early February. That took several weeks at twice per week for 3 hours per session. There’s some paperwork, background checks, and all that good stuff. Then we waited for Christian Heritage, Cedar’s, and the State to do their thing. All told, it was in the range of five-ish months from first class to first kiddos.
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