What;s this, what's this...
Heya, I have been VERY ABSENT and I wanted to apologize and also let you know what's going on.

First off, I am back and I will be posting and getting back into the groove. What happened was that I became a foster parent, very unplanned and very surprisingly. Literally out of nowhere, and this whole week or so has been a roller coaster.

So essentially, no I was not a foster parent before now. Nor was I signed up to be one. IT'S A CRASH COURSE. I got a call that a friend of my daughter's whom I knew of, not well but enough, was being placed into foster care, and DCS was checking with families of her friends to see if they would consider being a foster. Turns out, I was the last call and if I didn't take her, she would go into the foster system. I knew this girl and I honestly didn't want her to go live with strangers. So my husband and I said sure, we can try it. We have an extra room and the kids go to the same school, yadda yadda. WELL she is awesome but let me tell you, it's nuts. I had no idea what she'd been through (I have her whole case file now), and part of my job is keeping her safe from her parents. I also had to go to court, school, home visits, case worker visits, therapists, you name it. And I had to also make sure she had everything she needed, from school uniforms to a dresser, desk, etc, and then get caught up to speed very quickly on medical issues, doctor appointments, and so on.

I've seriously barely slept, and I've also cried a lot (not where she could see, don't worry). And from what we thought, that we were taking her in for a while so they could sort out family, maybe see about relatives, etc....she doesn't have any. They are saying this could be permanent. So my significant other and I are looking at each other shell-shocked because now we have another kid and that is that.

But we committed and we want to make sure she has a normal, happy childhood as much as she can. She definitely has that waaaay too adult thing going on which tells me she had to raise herself. It's heartbreaking. We can't undo that part. She goes to therapy weekly now and I'm hoping that will help too. But it's a lot and I'm just overwhelmed and I finally started to get a handle around today (also, suddenly need to do another Halloween costume, yay...)

LONG STORY SHORT I am doing better and I want to write. I would like if anyone wanted to do threads with me? I'm frankly hoping Dan forgives me after Luna has basically just neglected poor Nyx and so she needs to make it up with lots of kisses. But please play with her and Siri even without kisses.

:)
-Mel