My Family Moments: October 2009

Monday, October 12, 2009

My Crazy Family

Im hoping to stick these images in my brain before I head to bed this morning... I love these three people with everything I am. They truly are what wakes me up in the morning, sometimes in every sense of the word. When I hear their voices, I am home. I am safe. I am happy.

WARNING: Mini-dump of my thoughts

Im hesitant to even start this. It's 2:32am Monday morning after 2 weeks of break for kids and Erwin. We've had a great vacation to Vegas and a not so great bought of strep throat, mono and now a lung infection. I guess I can say I am glad we have lots of clothes since not much laundry has been done during these 2 weeks. Saying that doesn't make it feel or sound very good. I have managed to bake, cook fresh vegies and freeze them, work, work on my albums, attend EHS Vball games, take a few showers here and there and let's see what else. I don't know, maybe it will come to me before I end this.

I know this schedule is not working for me. It can't be good for my health. I know it's not good for my marriage. I slept last night at 330/4. As I was turning off lights to go upstairs, Abby met me half way and was wheezing. Breathing treatment for her which just meant I slept 20 minutes later, No biggie. I woke up at 1pm Sunday. Now I will probably sleep at 330 this morning and my alarm will go off at 630.hahaha...Pretty sure both kids will go back to school tomorrow. Abby is the one with the cough but nothing else says, besides the dr,that she is sick. Ill weigh it out in the morning. I have a dr's appt at 10am. Maybe he will have the answer for the sleepless nights. Fingers crossed but not holding my breath. 3rd Pyschiatrist in 12 months. Gotta love Kaiser Mental Health. Maybe this one will stick around for awhile. Hey I just thought, 3rd ones a charm?! I would love to go to bed like everyone else. Maybe before the next day.

Thinking about making tomorrow "schedule making day". I always try to avoid schedules since if I fall off the "schedule" then I get anxious and my tummy takes over. Is there also a saying about 16th times a charm?

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I have not typed anything for 4 minutes cuz I am trying to figure out what to type next. It's kind of like I am being graded. Would this be ok to type? Or should I post that one on FB? No one really cares about this... and on and on. hahahaha... I do know that I am going to try my best to sit outside tomorrow. Hoping for a nice breeze to clear my head. And blow the germs out of our house. Im opening all windows. Every single one. I would love to get through the Holidays (can't believe I just said that) with no sickies. We have stuff to do, places to go, people to see. Well really we just have school, Ballet, Hip-Hop, EHS sports and homework to do, but ya know.

"Foster Family" Terminology

SW: Social Worker = This is a professionally trained (at times I feel from a YouTube video) individual who works for any County or private organization. My foster baby will have a SW and I will have a SW who is also known as a CCW. (see below)

CCW: Clinical Case Worker = This is a professionally trained individual, also known as a Social Worker who works for Angel’s Foster Family Network. They are assigned to a maximum of 12 families at one time and lead them through the fostering system. They are our right hand gal. (no males as of yet) This person does all the legal pushing and pulling on our behalf so we can focus solely on loving and caring for our foster babies. I would not and will not ever do my job as a foster mom without these people.

Supervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances. Most often the visits begin as 1 to 2 hours, 1 to 2 times a week. An adult that is approved must watch the parent with the child at all times. (sometimes a lot of work and sometimes boring as heck)

Unsupervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances before. If they are improving their situation then they will eventually get the right to have visits without supervision. The foster parent must drop off the child at an approved location and pick them up later. Most often the visit is for 2-6 hours 1 to 2 times a week. And these will only increase in length as the situation improves. (super hard for the foster parent to move to this step)

Foster Baby/Child = A child that has been removed from their biological family due to many different reasons affecting the welfare of the child. They are then placed in protective custody under the County and State.