My Family Moments: PMS

Sunday, April 20, 2008

PMS

PMS just kicks my butt, I swear. I was on such a high after the last post and then BAM! Nothing. And today I realize that Aunt Flo has been the cause! Thank goodness, cuz now i have turned my brain on again and I woke up to what I haven't been doing for a week.

Friday was great. It was hotter than heck down here and I stuck to my plans a friend and I had made about getting our butts to the pool. Right after school the kids and I met the other RPS gals and their kids and did some much needed bonding. (FYI - RPS= Red Panty Society) Every Friday now, unless there is serious winds or rain, we will be at the pool. It was good to be in the sun outside! It felt so good to be around the people who didn't care what ya looked like, how you smelled, how much you complained or how quiet you were. You were just accepted! I LOVE these ladies! The kids had a great time too of course. In the pool for 2 1/2 hrs! Let the tanning begin!

Then I worked that night with a workshop at my place. Again, other ladies I love came and worked on their albums like mad women! I didn't sit down for 4 hours and loved every second of it! I was in my moment. In my passion! Making some money too! I had the chance to catch up with some other fabulous friends I haven't seen latelty.

Ethan has learned to ride his bike and start and stop all by himself! WAHOO! Erwin showed him the last weekend he had off during break! He told me if he completed nothing else during this break, it was enough to watch his son ride his bike with no training wheels! The pictures and videos are priceless!

So to end with something exciting for me. I am getting me a laptop tomorrow. Kind of big and high tech for me. I just figured that I sit in this office way too much. And most of the time I don't get much done. Either, staring off into the space called the "computer screen" or being interrupted by Abby, "Momma...I want to sit with you!" or Erwin, "AMY...whatcha doin?...You almost done?" So, now I can do bits and pieces of work and emails to you all anywhere and everywhere and be with my family too. It's going to be good! I'm scared, but it's going to be good! Have a Magical Monday!

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"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.