Hoooraaayyyyy!!!!!!

Dionte and I had a frustrating trip to our new therapist this morning. Dozens of phone calls and coordinating faxes and permissions granted were still not enough for us to be "treated" today, as I am not yet his legal guardian and couldn't sign consent forms (which is what I thought most of the hullabaloo had been about in the first place). I was pretty upset and annoyed, because the whole point of starting him at a new place was so that we would already have something in place before he came to my house to live. That and the heat and the frustration of not knowing when I WOULD be able to sign such things led to a slightly embarrassing and emotional visit to the adoption agency today to find out what was going on and vent a little bit.
Then this afternoon I got a phone call from his adoption worker saying she heard I had been by and she wanted to see how I was doing. I told her fine, and she said she wanted me to feel better than fine, and what was I doing on Friday?
WE HAVE A COURT DATE!!!!! FINALLY!!!! We will be going to court on Friday morning. Yes, this Friday! to get consent to have him placed in my home that day. He will, in fact, be coming home Thursday night so that we can get up early enough to be spiffy and at the courthouse bright and early (for him).
After this, we will be in "supervision" for at least six months, with our case worker checking in with us and making sure we are doing ok. I'm going to take a week off from work to hopefully help ease the transition a little, and we'll see how things go. I'm very excited!!!!