So I told my boss today

[lovelyplanet]

It was actually really cute. He asked me if it was a boy or a girl. I explained I didn't know. He asked if it was in US or abroad. I told him it would be domestic. Then he said a bunch of things like "Congratulations", "That's a wonderful thing" and then he actually looked embarrassed. I think it really took him by surprise and he didn't know what else he should say. And he is not a man to ever be at a loss for words. 

All in all I am happy with how it went but not so happy with my agency. We had the home visit finally but still don't have a replacement sw assigned to our case. Our original sw went on medical leave and will likely not be back. Our date for profile meeting has now been pushed way out. In fact we don't even know what the new date is. Others in our group are also in the same boat. We are all so frustrated. Vent over.

[roxy]

I love that your boss was so excited for you!!

Sorry that you STILL don't have a new SW. There is nothing more frustrating than being in limbo.

[jwinct]

Feb 25, 2015 20:45:13 GMT -5 lovelyplanet said:

It was actually really cute. He asked me if it was a boy or a girl. I explained I didn't know. He asked if it was in US or abroad. I told him it would be domestic. Then he said a bunch of things like "Congratulations", "That's a wonderful thing" and then he actually looked embarrassed. I think it really took him by surprise and he didn't know what else he should say. And he is not a man to ever be at a loss for words. 

All in all I am happy with how it went but not so happy with my agency. We had the home visit finally but still don't have a replacement sw assigned to our case. Our original sw went on medical leave and will likely not be back. Our date for profile meeting has now been pushed way out. In fact we don't even know what the new date is. Others in our group are also in the same boat. We are all so frustrated. Vent over.

I'm glad it went well. It sounds like he really just had no idea what an appropriate response is to news like that. That is so cute!

I hope your agency gets its act together soon. That is so frustrating.

[girliegus]

Sounds like you have a great boss. I'm glad it went so well!

That sucks about your SW. I hope your agency gets things sorted out soon.

[pinkie]

I'm glad things went well

Maybe I'm not being fair, but when you do DIA and work with an agency, they are doing a service for you (and the EPs). Your home study is good for a year and then you have to update it. I don't think it's acceptable for them to push your profile way out...does way out mean a few weeks or a few months? In a nice way I would push a bit there.

[lovelyplanet]

Feb 25, 2015 21:20:17 GMT -5 pinkie said:

I'm glad things went well

Maybe I'm not being fair, but when you do DIA and work with an agency, they are doing a service for you (and the EPs). Your home study is good for a year and then you have to update it. I don't think it's acceptable for them to push your profile way out...does way out mean a few weeks or a few months? In a nice way I would push a bit there.

Totally agree with you pinkie.
Our Home Study was supposed to be done in January but the agency had some staffing changes and they totally went MIA on us. Finally after repeated emails and calls from all of us in the group they gave us some info on what was happening. Then I was casually informed they gave us the wrong FBI fingerprinting form and we had to do it again. Same thing happened to at least one other PAP in our group. I am expecting our home study to be done next week but others in our group are not so lucky and they won't schedule the profile meeting till all our home studies are done. At this point it looks like a 2 month delay from the original date. Sigh!  

[badgergirl66]

Yay for a good reaction from your boss!

[jenn]

Oh good - you were worried for nothing!

[grannypantiesrock]

Wow! I hope my boss reacts like that. I think my announcement will go over like a wet blanket. We're a small group, and they're already bent out of shape that one of my coworkers is expecting. At least they will be able to anticipate her maternity leave whereas mine will kinda come out of nowhere. They're doing some restructuring where our medical group will basically be terminated by the hospital we work for, and become employees of a small group that will contract our services... so we're really keeping the same job, but we'll be "new" employees of a new company. This is going down in about 2 months. I feel bad about not telling them now, but I'm scared they wouldn't hire me if I did. I'd just like to be official first.

Sounds like your branch of "fart" well..., stinks! My SW expects to have everything done for us in about a month. She also said they have been taking on a lot of cases from a different office because they've been having issues. It sounds to me like there is a very high turnover rate for their SWs. I can see how that would really throw a wrench in the process. I hope they get their acts together for you soon!

[persianmaman]

Glad your boss is so happy for you!

[theatrepal]

lovelyplanet I'm so glad it went well!

grannypantiesrock Hang in there! I work for a Fortune 100 company and was still terrified to tell my boss. He took it fairly well, but he is wigged out by the sudden placement idea. I went in with a plan of how we could deal with that when I told him. That really seemed to help. When thinking about a plan, remember that you won't be paid by short term disability so working part days to transition is possible where it isn't if your leave is paid by STD. Our plan is I'll work two weeks half time to transfer my projects to others. My husband will hopefully be off but if all else fails he's okay with me having a child at home while we do that transition.

[packerfan4life]

Glad your boss took it so well!!

But, I'm sorry the process of licensing has been so frustrating for you. I hope that your agency is able to get a replacement soon.