Do I have anything to say?: Growing Up

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Growing Up

Today I could NOT get myself out of bed to make it to 11:00 Mass (if I want to sing in the choir I should be there by 10:40 and that was not happening!) But, I rolled myself out of bed to make it to noon Mass at another nearby church. After church, I was pretty productive, but for some reason I chose to organize things from under the stairs rather than pick up the junk that is scattered around my living room! Oh well, there is still time before I start letting people into my house :o)

We had "family dinner" (tuna casserole...my brother-in-law's favorite!) I think my nephew grew while we were gone and he talked and talked all through dinner...it was SO cute! The day I helped my sister clean, I found this little blanket in one of the drawers. I bought it for her from etsy and thought my nephew would like it. Once she gave it to him, she found out that he doesn't like it, he LOVES it! So, I snapped a picture and plan to send it to the woman who made it :o)

After dinner (and birthday cake...yum!), I walked up to my high school to see closing night of the fall musical. They were doing Funny Girl and I was looking forward to seeing it (the shows are GREAT and I knew that some of the girls I performed with this summer would be in the cast). I did NOT know that one of the girls was going to have the lead role (Barbra Streisand's role...I have never seen it though). She did GREAT!! That show has a lot of solos!

During intermission, this girl made a point to come see me, which I thought was really sweet. She lives up the street from my parents. Her family was the first family I started baby-sitting when I was eleven or twelve. At the time, there were four children, the youngest of which was only a couple months old (crazy!) That baby is a freshman in college now, so it was a couple years before this one came along. I always tell her she is my "favorite", but the truth is that ALL of those kids are great (it was that amazing baby-sitter they had, right?! ha!) She is a sophomore in high school and on the dance team. So, I think I am going to go to the volleyball games on Tuesday night and watch her perform. (I definitely went for the no make-up/throw my hair back/wear the t-shirt I wore for cleaning look for the evening...nice, I know...but it's an all-girls' school...ha!)

Well, since it is after 11 and I have to work in the morning for the first time in like nine days, maybe ten, I should go to bed. That 5:30 alarm comes early, especially after a day when 11 was hard enough!

Good night.

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Who's Who

Updated September 2013

I have one sister who is married and has two boys. "A" was born June 2009 and "I" was born March 2012. We are both really close to my parents and have lots of "family dinners".

I wrote a lot about my patients when I first started this blog. Some patients are still growing and thriving, and others have lost their battles.

My first foster placements lived with me from June 2010-September 2011. They were sisters who were 15 and almost 3 when they were placed with me and are now 18 and 5. I called M "the teen" and L "the little one". They live with their mom who still has many issues, but are doing well (ok) and I still have (not enough) contact with them.

My second foster placement came to me September 6, 2012. I call her Zoe and she turned 5 in April. She has cystic fibrosis and has been a patient on my floor at the hospital. The plan is still reunification.

Ivy is a 17-year-old whose mom died just before Thanksgiving. She has a Guardian, but is unable to live with him due to some family issues. She has no other family who is willing/able to take her. She moved in with me the beginning of February. She moved to a group home at the beginning of August as her needs were too great for me with my schedule and having another child with special needs.