I did it again!

Between being an early childhood educator and adopting it seems like I get fingerprinted all the time! Today I spent several hours with many slight complications trying to get my fingerprints redone, they expire in July. As with the last many times I've had it done, they had great difficulty trying to get clear prints. I've been told that I have gardener's hands. After they exhausted themselves with the computer version they tried ink - over and over and finally called in the big boss. He tried several times and said "it's the best we can do." Hopefully it will be good enough. I couldn't help thinking of all the criminals running around that never get fingerprinted while all the teachers and adoptive parents do it over and over. I also sent in my $ today to refile my child abuse index check which will also be expiring. I am so thankful that it looks like I will get my referral before all the massive paperwork expires!