The Doctor Says . . .

Things you have to do to adopt that you don't have to do if you get knocked up:

-Get a Doctor's Note-
Today Len is dropping off two signed forms, both of which say she is medically and mentally sound to adopt a child. Ok, what they actually say is that her Doctor and Counselor don't have any concerns with the idea her being an adoptive parent. Yes, bio-parents should probably go to a medical practitioner at some point before obtaining their child, but there is something very funny to me about having to get a note.

Moreover, I'm amused that Len had to get not just one note but two, and I didn't have to get one at all. If you are at all familiar with our medical histories, you too will find this laughable.

Really- it's a bigger statement on how we (the America monster) regard behavioral health care. The formula was simple and ridiculous- if you have a behavioral health care professional that you consult, you have to go collecting signatures like a truant school boy (its true, Len had to dress up in shorts and straps and carry a satchel), but if you don't ever go to "see someone" about such things--> you don't need a note!

So, the fact that I'm positively bonkers goes undocumented! Phew.