My Family Moments: I'm sick and tired

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

I'm sick and tired

No for real... I'm sick and tired. Erwin is back to work in full force with school and the Club Volleyball. That means that I see him for about an hour and a half after his workouts with the high school volleyball girls. Then he is off to the Boys and Girls Club to organize, coach, collect money and run his club. I get him back around 9pm some nights and 1030pm on other nights. I do get a pseudo nap when he is home the first time. Thank goodness. It recharges my batteries to take care of the kids and their activities for the rest of the day. And of course it gives me the energy to chase my "Little Man".

I'm not sure where the icky sickies came from. We are diligent about washing hands in this house. Especially after school. But darn, it got me first. It's wearing me out! My head feels like it's going to implode. "Little Man" doesn't seem to think anything of it. Ripping up the foam letters that protect him from the ceramic tiles which he knows drives us all batty is much more fun than watching Momma lie down on the couch. Even more fun is when I scoot over quickly to stop his games and jets over to my laptop trying to yank it off the table. Can you guess what happens when I run over to catch the laptop before it hits the ground? Oh yes, the little nut runs right back to the foam letters to pull them up. He is so ridiculous we can only laugh right along with him. He has taken to this running thing quite quickly. And the boy can stop on a dime. lol... He is so darn cute! Wish I could share his pics.

Till next time -- Night!
Amy

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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.