Hurry Up and Wait...

So, most of our time working on our foster/adoption application has been spent hurrying... rushing to complete form after form and jump through loop after loop.  It was stressful and time consuming.  Now, for the past month we've actually been approved but because we want to adopt as our primary interest, then we have to wait to be chosen for a child or sibling group which can, apparently, take a very long time.

The process works like this:

1. We set up the online search with our preferences and information.
2. Our case worker uploads our home study into the system somehow.
3. We search for children or sibling groups based on our "preferences."  How bizarre is it that we are choosing children via "preferences."  Ours are quite minimal as we wanted it to be a broad selection.
4. We choose some to submit formal inquires for and are told to choose more than one at a time, as it is unlikely we will be chosen and likely we will need to submit more inquires.
5. Somehow our case worker has to submit more things each time we submit an inquiry (seems like a flaw in the online system somehow). 
6. We sit around and wait for an acceptance or rejection, then if rejected, submit new inquiries.

So, we're now waiting to hear back on inquiries before submitting more inquires.  This could go on for a while.  I wish I had done this while we were still doing our paperwork (if that's even possible) so that I wouldn't feel like I'm in such a game of "hurry up and wait" with the process.  I've been warned from folks in our PRIDE class who were ahead of us that there are more forms to come, so at least we have the advantage of their experience...