No News

I did not hear anything back about the potential placement I heard about last night. I left a message with the caseworker who called me, but never heard back. I called my caseworker and told her about that placement. She said she had been on call a couple weekends in a row and had me in her mind, but none of the calls she got sounded like a good "match". I love that my agency tries to "match" placements to homes in order to make them as successful as possible. I know that my asking to wait until Sunday put me at a "risk" of him being placed somewhere else, but that's how it needed to be. There is no way it would have worked for either of us before then. So, if this placement doesn't work out, it wasn't meant to be, but she knows that I'm "ready"...when the right placement comes along.

I wasn't very productive today in getting ready for a (potential) two-year-old, but things will come together.

I brought the teen to an open job interview. I helped her fill out her application and did a little "pep talk" before the interview (which she didn't think she needed, but I told her to make sure to speak loud enough for the other person to hear and look at them...two things she struggles with around new people). It was a blessing to be there for her first interview and help with that. I don't think her mom would have been able to help her the way I could, so that was special too. Unfortunately, her mom told me that she knew nothing about the plan to go to the interview today even though I specifically told the teen to talk to her mom. Given the fact that I trust the teen more than her mom, I think I approached the subject well and was not surprised that the teen said she told her mom about it more than once. I'm not sure what the point of her mom telling me that the teen doesn't communicate with her was, but I just told the teen she has to work it out.

The girls' mom said I could bring both girls to the children's theater on Friday night. She said her Friday was open, so I could come get them whenever. The teen is to let me know what works for her (and communicate with her mom). Apparently, their mom decided that the little one didn't need to go to school which is really sad for me, and not cool for her. It's been over a month since I've seen the little one, so it will be interesting to see how she behaves after living "structure-less" for over four months. When I texted their mom last night at 8:30 about the job fair, she didn't respond. When I talked to her today, she said she had gone to bed early, so didn't get the text until today. So, I wonder who put the kids to bed...but trying not to "wonder" too much since it's out of my control. All I can do is keep being a positive influence (and try not to drive myself crazy!)

Well, that's a longer update than I planned, but there you go ;)
Good night.