Today is a day for Getting Things Done.
After some delightful snuggle time in bed with the baby girl, we got up and got busy. So far today, I have:
- Started two quarts of honey infusing with vanilla beans.
- Loaded and ran the dishwasher.
- Made a double batch of whole-wheat pumpkin pancakes and some bacon for breakfast. (The extra pancakes will be quick breakfasts to send to daycare, so that counts as extra productive.)
- Washed, dried, folded, and put away all of the baby's clothes, including the huge bag of new-to-us stuff we got from my sister. It's official: The baby owns more clothes than I do. (This is probably actually not true.)
- Washed and dried the towels and am in the middle of washing a load of undies so I can stop wearing those awful backup laundry-week pairs I found shoved in the back of my drawer.
- Cleaned up the kitchen from breakfast, including unloading the clean dishes and reloading the dishwasher.
- Cut up and cooked a buttercup squash for the baby's lunches this week. (Note to self for next time: Jesus, this was a pain to try to peel, so next time cook it with the skin on and cut that shit off afterwards.)
I'm waiting for the hot water heater to recover from the laundry, then I'm going to hop in the shower. After that, we're meeting my folks and my brother and his wife and daughter at a local pumpkin farm to pick out pumpkins and pet some goats and be autumnal. The baby's wearing her new sweater and it will be perfect. Might even make some spiced cider to bring with us. Damn, today's cool, but it's only 12:30 and I'm already beat!
The worker called me yesterday to tell me two interesting things:
1. The baby's mom has expressed an interest in starting visits again, for the first time since March. The worker is not confident in the mom's ability to treat herself effectively from the disgusting skin condition (her living situation makes it especially challenging right now) so visits won't happen until the worker is satisfied on that count, but she wanted us to be prepared.
2. The worker couldn't give me any details at all, but there is something going on with the dad that might preclude our baby going to him. Like maybe ever. But whatever it is, it's the early stages of being looked into, so it might turn out to be nothing. Oh, you know, because this isn't a huge deal that made me immediately jump to OH MY GOD WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET TO KEEP HER. Trying really hard to be patient and to not ask the worker questions she's not allowed to answer. I'm still telling myself it's most likely she won't stay with us long-term, because that is easier on my psyche.
I hope your autumn weekends are as delightful as ours!
Good news about bd. It's great and hard to have hope all at the same time. Your bm sounds like my girls'. She was gone for five months and even though I thought I was mentally prepared for her to come back, it was still kind of a shock. I'm glad that they will make her show proof that she is not going to start passing the skin thing again!
ReplyDeleteGo to court. Go to court. That way you will find out what is going on, if anything.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carrie - the mom hasn't been totally out of the picture, like I think your girls' mom was, and has attended court regularly. It's just a surprise to think of her visiting again after six solid months. And yes, MamaFoster, I absolutely will be in court as soon as I know more! (I even went to to custody hearing for our baby's brother, even though it had nothing to do with her case, just to get as much info as I can.) Luckily, our worker is really good about keeping us informed, so as soon as there's anything that she can tell me (like court) I'm sure we'll know.
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