The case manager for the three teen girls called yesterday as expected, and since we hadn't received another placement we said yes to the placement (again). This time we know an exact time they are supposed to arrive (1pm) and who is bringing them (the first cw we spoke to), so I believe there is a far greater likely hood they will actually arrive. Over the weekend they experienced a great personal and tragic loss, so this is going to be even harder going in than we anticipated, which kind of scares the pants off me. It reinforces their need to be here though. They need to be together, and we are the only home where that is an option right now, so I have to put personal feelings and fears aside for now. There is now also a much greater possibility that if everything goes well this will turn out to be a long term placement. Not sure how I feel about that yet. Hubby thinks it is great and is planning for the long haul already. I think he may be a bit relieved to not be back on diaper duty! hahaha! We just got our youngest potty-trained, and I don't think he is ready to be thrown back into diaper land! I think I would rather be in diaper land than teenager land though. I know diaper land...teenager land is unknown and scary! My sisters with teens are laughing their butts off at me and alternately telling me "you can do this" and sharing horror stories that make me want to run and hide. Sisters are the best. hahaha!
We have a few last minute details to (re)iron out before the girls arrive. We need to run and get a few more new pillows because we used a couple for the respite kids (no kid should have to sleep on someone else's who-knows-what-is-on-it pillow!), and we need to move the little ones (respite) into another room. We put them in the spare room we had prepared for the older girls because after all the shenanigans we really thought we wouldn't end up getting the placement after all. So, I need to clean up our youngest child's room and set it up for a couple extras for the next two days.
It's going to be a crazy day followed by more crazy for the next few days for sure!
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