What's My Deal

You know when I started this I sure thought I would blog more than I seem to be at this point. Guess that means I have actually been busy and out of trouble! :) Actually work has been extremely busy. I now have 13 kiddos on my case load and as soon as my co-worker goes on maternity leave I will have nine of her kids. Good thing I work at a mental health center!!...LOL! Fortunately, I am much more prepared from the first time she went on maternity leave. I had only been working about 5 months and barely knew my kids much less what I was supposed to be doing with hers and mine. This time though it will be much better and I am so much more prepared. Doesn't mean I'm not going to be pulling my hair out at times, just means I think I know what I am doing! Ha-Ha!!
My mom and I are getting ready to go to Joplin this weekend to celebrate my Uncle getting his doctorate! I am SO proud of and excited for him!! Seems like he has been working on it "forever". My cousin's birthday is also this weekend so I am looking forward to going out with she and some of her friends to celebrate. It's going to be a fun weekend I'm sure! I think there are going to be several people down there so it should be a good family time as well.
I went to the eye doctor last week. I went because my eyes were driving me nuts from my allergies and wanted to talk to the doctor about eye drops. I also thought since it had been "awhile" (ok, so it had been 3 years) I should probably have my eyes checked. At the beginning of the appointment I thought I was just "wasting" my time, but as it turns out my eyes had changed a lot. Funny how a person doesn't notice something like that until they're shown they aren't seeing "everything". Needless to say I am waiting on a new pair of glasses to come in. Maybe then I will see what I have been missing. I am hoping I get them before mom and I leave Friday.
Rich and I continue working on the adoption process. For those of you who don't know, yes Rich and I are in the process of adopting. We have finished and signed our homestudy and now await a "best interest staffing" to tell us if we have been selected as a possible family for a child we have been interested in. As a case manager I got to take part in one of these "best interest staffings" and it was pretty interesting. I don't know if ours will go the same way or not. We will not get to take part in ours, we will only know the outcome. Keep your fingers crossed for us that we are chosen! If we are chosen we will get to start spending time with the child which would be very cool!!