Well, the title pretty much sums it up. It was a long day. It feels like I’m just spinning in circles sometimes which makes time just drag on. It’s hard not to get discouraged when things don’t seem to be moving forward. First thing this morning I got a blank e-mail from our social worker for the home study. I e-mailed him back to tell him all I got was something blank but I still haven’t heard back from him. I did talk to the receptionist or helper he has working in his office and got a few half answers. I was told they were still waiting on one reference and the back ground checks from Wyoming and North Carolina.
The older children walked the dogs this morning. They have three in our neighborhood they walk Monday though Friday for a dollar each dog. It is a good, not too stressful, job for them. I hate that I have to sometimes remember to send them over to walk the dogs though and I hate that sometimes I have to juggle their dog walking with the things I need to get done in the day. But, I’m glad they have a job that they can learn about responsibility with. I like that they are able to make some spending and saving money that I don’t have to provide for them.
After the children walked the dogs we did some school. I ordered some new school books that we really need because the older children are nearly finished with what they are currently working on. I also called the second hand home school store near the Taylor’s and found out that I have a $25 dollar credit. Yippie! I am hoping it’s enough to buy Spelling Power. I will probably pick up a few other things that are on my school list there that I’ve noticed they nearly always have. I’m planning on packing up a few things to take down when I go to the doctor on Tuesday and hopefully kill two birds with one stone.
We had lunch and then packed up the van and headed for band and choir. I must say, I am MUCH happier with this bank program than the one we were part of for the past two years. The children have learned so much and the programs at the end of the year sound awesome. I’m happy to be sitting in my seat enjoying the music and not cringing because it sounds like nobody even saw the music before.
While we were waiting for some of the children to be done with band the phone rang. I picked it up and the lady on the other end was asking if it was the Taylor’s residence. I thought it sounded like Betty, the secretary/helper from the home study agency. Sure enough it was. I guess she was trying to figure out where to file our guardianship paper. It turns out that they got the back ground checks from Wyoming today and the last reference.
When I got home we had a lot of mail. We got birth certificates for Mike, our marriage certificates, and an overpayment check for our mortgage.
Mike is working late and Titus isn’t feeling the best so I guess I need to hit the publish button and get myself into bed.