When it Rains it Pours

Paperwork, paperwork!!

Apparently, we are due a bit more money than we've been getting for foster care (like maybe double) and that means a lot of phone calls and some paperwork and digging up of old paperwork.

We are approaching finalization. We have adoption support paperwork to fill out and that means a lot of figures and numbers. I hate numbers and dollar signs, but we have quite a lot of stuff to consider. These kiddos have medical needs and transportation needs that go with their "special-needs" and everything must be calculated. We also decided to have them tested for learning disabilities, etc.... so I was doing some research and making arrangements in opposite, yonder big city from where we usually travel to children's hospital for this testing. This will help us figure out some of the numbers and figures needed for the adoption support paperwork. We are working on all that today.

Adoption finalization worker dropped off the children's file this morning. It stands 2 feet tall on the table. There is some very interesting information in those papers, but it's like an extraction process to find those tidbits. We signed and signed and signed our life away this morning.

Our foster care license was being audited this week and they discovered that Vanessa is 16.... so had to fill out a bunch more papers to get her background clearance done. All those papers are scanned and emailed today...

Steve has been applying for jobs all over the place. Normally he works full time and one to two overtime shifts a week, but it's been really slow at the hospital and he was barely getting full time for the last couple of months, and suddenly, he's been called off, so much that for the last few weeks he's hardly worked. Last week he worked 12 hours. He has interviews and job offers that would fill in the gaps when the hospital is on low census, it's just deciding which job is the right one. There's too many things to think about.

I'm tired.