I’m getting the urge again. Even after dealing with kid mental breakdowns all weekend (see last post – the password is newlife if you don’t already have it), I’m starting to think about adoption again. Even after the last attempt blew my life to smithereens I never lost the urge to adopt. I started out [...]
The clinic that I work at several days a week has opened a satellite clinic. I started working there today. This week I’m going to be there today, tomorrow afternoon, and Saturday morning. There are hardly any appointments since it is a new clinic. I’ll be looking for things to do to kill the boredom. [...]
I had a bit of embarrassment today. I had wanted to see the movie Juno but I wasn’t sure if I really should go see it. I knew that if I did I should see it alone. If you don’t know about it, it is a movie about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and [...]
Deirdre asked how the blocks were coming for the Storm at Sea quilt. Uh, slowly. The bridal shower is on the 23rd (yes, of September) so if I sew like the wind it can still happen. I had my quilt group this morning. We sewed for about 3 hours and then I had to kick [...]
I met with the lady from the county Job and Family Services place this morning. She took one look at my homestudy and said that it all seemed fine to her. Then she wondered out loud why Utah wants all this done over. I said that Utah was implying to me that Ohio wanted it [...]
We finished this weekend’s portion of the foster/adopt classes and we are still married. The class was actually very informative and very entertaining at the same time. I learned that the husband is definitely ADHD. We were going over the signs and he raised his hand and said, “I have every one of those signs [...]
I have to honestly report that it wasn’t as bad as I expected. The lady running the training is energetic, enthusiastic, and funny. The information is fairly interesting and is presented as a combination of lecture, discussion, and group activities. The husband has had the opportunity to argue debate points with other people which always [...]
I talked to B’s social worker today. She has no clue what is going on. She said that she has no idea what her legal status is right now but she might find out on Thursday. She says that the attorney and the guardian ad litem are fighting over if she should visit with us. [...]
I just got off the phone with B. again. She called 1.5 hours late with a rehearsed “Sorry I’m late” line. Yeah, well, don’t be trying that as a teenager. It won’t be ok like it is when you are four. I asked what she did today and she said that she was in outer [...]
We’ve set up a schedule to talk to B. twice a week. I’ve talked to her briefly twice before with her therapist on the line to translate. She’s hard to understand since she talks really fast and I don’t think she’s mastered holding the phone steady by her mouth yet. She also asks questions but [...]
We knew it was going to happen someday. We’ve discussed it in vague ways. But yesterday we finally acknowledged that we had to do something concrete about it. In preparation for adoption we need to start coordinating our schedules. Now we work on a system where one of us comes home and announces that we [...]
I emailed B’s social worker today to see if there was any update. She said that they were starting the official placement paperwork today. That’s expected to take about a month. A month from now is really bad timing for us since we have a weekend and a half of foster parent training to do, [...]
I’m feeling slightly famous today. It is odd. I did a phone interview this morning with a lady from a large local newspaper about local food. I didn’t feel like I could help her much since she was looking for someone doing a strict 100 mile diet and that is certainly not me. Also Joanne [...]
Our application for adoption was presented today to the powers that be. They think we will be a good home for B. We did have an AAAAARGH!!!! moment though. They want us to take the foster training. Two weeks ago this was discussed as a possibility. I found out that there were classes starting last [...]
I got a message from the potential kid’s therapist today. They have a session this afternoon and want to talk to me on the phone during it. What do you say in this situation? “Hi. I’m a potential family for you but don’t get your hopes up too high because who knows what governmental hangups [...]
I just got a call from a social worker representing a four year old girl. The social worker loves us. I think maybe the social worker wants to come live with us too. This is a bit strange because a week ago we got a letter from this agency saying that out of state families [...]
One of the people who wrote a reference for our home study gave us the name of a friend who is a local adoption attorney. I pulled it out today and googled the lawyer with every intention of contacting her since she came recommended. What came up on the search? The records of the state [...]
We got the amended last page of our homestudy very quickly. A person might think my worker was sick of hearing from me on the phone. The husband and I read through it together last night and laughed hysterically. We sound so wonderful! Between the two of us we don’t have a single fault. We [...]
My homestudy came in the mail today! I was all excited and read it through until I got to the last page. There it states… “as they have requested, have been approved for the adoption of two children, Caucasian, either sex, between the ages of three to six years old” WTF? I remember specifically stating [...]
Ok, now it is April. There are supposed to be showers in order to bring May flowers and all that. That means rain and not snow showers. Look at this.. While you can’t actually see the snow in the picture, those are horses bundled up in their winter blankets on April 6. See their tails [...]