You know, it is pretty easy to get cynical during this whole process as one thing doesn't work smoothly followed by another one that is full of potholes. We have finally had something go just the way it was supposed to.
We went on Monday of this week to the Butler County Sheriff's office to try once again to get our background checks completed. As we have already experienced a lot of hassle in this area, we were expecting more of the same. I will say that going into, however, I did have a bit of hope. Honestly, our dealings with the Butler County Sheriff for the last adoption were quite good. We even bumped into the big dog himself, Sheriff Rick Jones. How can you not like a guy that brings back the old chain gang and makes them walk five-wide chained at the ankles picking up tracks in the median of state routes!! I love it. I saw them the very first day they were out. As I drove up near them, they had road signs out saying "Caution. Chain gang ahead". I wasn't sure what it meant at first since real chain gangs had gone away a long time ago, but hey ho, there they were in their striped pants and everything!! Our sheriff rocks.
Anyway, I digress. We went in, and unlike other locales, they seemed to grasp pretty quickly what we needed. They stated that it wouldn't be a problem and we just needed to fill out a short information form. They would be able to have the results the next day for us. This was great news. AND, it didn't cost anything...Bonus!! But the best was yet to come. After we completed our paperwork, she called us back over and said that she had located a notary and they would be able to take care of it for us right then and there so we would not need to come back. Whoo Hoo!! Inside of 10 minutes, ol' Sheriff Jones office accomplished what several other agencies couldn't do. So, now we are done with that portion of the process. We continue on.
Oh yeah, our background checks came back negative. I guess Maren doesn't have any explaining to do afterall!!
