What a Whirlwind!

December was such a whirlwind, and January is looking to be just as fast and furious!


Jetbaby starts preschool again next week. Hubby goes back to working a regular schedule again, and the following week I start spring semester for college. As much as I love spending time with my little family, I miss our schedule. I can't believe I just said that I miss a schedule! 

When Jetbaby was literally a baby, I did not put her on a schedule. I was almost anti-schedule... I nursed on demand and let her form her own sleep patterns, so she was flexible enough that I didn't have to be at home at a certain time for her naps. And I was proud of my flexible child, because she was happy, and I was happy.

Now I feel like if I'm not on a schedule, I'm all over the place. I seem to spend more money, too. Do any of you have that problem? If you're just hanging out, you find yourself going to a thrift store or grocery store because there's nothing better to do? (Well, maybe there is, but it doesn't sound as fun...) But when I have class and appointments and meetings, I'm so busy that I don't have time to be distracted. Although I do tend to go through our local coffee shop's drive through more often. "Yes, I'd like a medium Sweet Swirl latte with whip, please." And they recognize my voice and take off the military discount before I get up to the window. I love that place! 

Anywho....

Big news! This Wednesday, DH and I are going to orientation, which is the next step to become foster parents!!! Eeeek! Well, we called the Monday before Christmas, and the inquiry line said they would send out a packet with info and dates and would call within 10 business days. But I kinda sorta couldn't wait that long, so I went into the DFACS office to ask, and I am glad I did because they told me about Wednesday's orientation. And that's about all they told me. My expectations might be a little high for Wednesday, but I'm having a hard time reigning them in. This is the first "official" step in becoming foster parents, even though I've been researching and interviewing foster parent's for over a year. Maybe that's why. I feel like I've been invested in this to a certain degree for quite some time, so I feel more than ready to just be a foster mom already! DH would call me an "eager beaver". 

I'm really looking forward to maybe meeting other foster parents in the area, meeting the social/case workers, finding out about this area's statistics, and getting a schedule! I know there is a lot to learn: discipline techniques, do's and don't's, our rights, different resources, how visitations work, what we are reimbursed for, policies and procedures, etc, etc, etc. And believe me. I'm going to have my clipboard ready to take notes and my date book ready to make appointments! (See, I am an eager beaver.)

We are ready as we can be.