Week 9 - Why Rush?

Last week was a comedy ....of sorts. Our social worker informed us that she still hadn't received our clearance from Child Protective Services. Since we had turned in the form over a month ago, she was concerned that something had happened to it. Turns out we dropped the form off at the wrong government office. No wonder the clerk there looked at us like we'd stepped off a space ship when we handed it to her. Sadly, she was not dazed enough to hand it back and point us in the right direction.

So, in a panic, our home study agency asked us to mail another form - immediately. Evidently the clerk that processes CPS clearances is leaving the position and the department is being reorganized. If our form gets processed before she leaves - we're golden. If not, it may sit on an empty desk for a while until that function is reassigned to a new clerk. So, not yet swept up in the urgency of the matter, I calmly drive to my local post office to overnight the form, since FedEx won't deliver to a P.O. Box. No one tells me that USPS automatically requires a signature to deliver an Express Mail item. No one thinks about the fact that it's a P.O. Box and there aren't miniature people hanging out in the box all day just waiting to sign for packages.

My specially-overnighted now desperately-needed form doesn't get picked up for four days. As the days pass, I grow less and less calm about it. Everything is stalled, waiting on this form to be processed. So much for the mad rush.