OK....here's the run down on the day...
So I call DCF in Polk County this morning to find out if anything new had happened since I called them yesterday. I hear that the guy that is handling the case is not in the office and they were still waiting for some paperwork from Hillsborough County. I called the guy here that did the home inspection to see what the hold up was with everything and he said he'd call me right back as soon as he called DCF in Polk. About 15 minutes later, he calls me and tells me that we are about to get a call from Polk County to tell us to pick Brianna up at 1pm! As soon as I hang up with him, Lins is calling me and telling me that we have to go get her!
Brianna came in with her foster mom after we got there and started to cry because the poor thing has been through this so many times. She must have associated the place with bad things. After she calmed down and I started talking about the kitty we have and the ferret and the pool....she started to get interested and then relaxed enough for the foster mom to leave.
So here's this beautiful little girl that is all alone with nothing with her except the clothes on her back...literally. No extra clothes, no dolly, just the clothes on her back. Such a gorgeous creature...how could the mother be so stupid as to choose drugs and her lifestyle over cleaning up and keeping her with her?? WTF!!??
So we get back into town and get her signed up for medicaid and to go to day care which is literally next door to where we live! Then off to wally world where we spent $260 for clothes, shoes and toys. I have to say that we are going to be good at this buying new clothes for her. We ended up getting her 3 pairs of shoes, 14 full outfits, socks and little girl panties out the kazoo and her very own little baby doll that she would not put down once we opened the package.
So rush home again. Wash the clothes we just bought, cook/eat dinner, clean up the house, give her a bath and put her off to bed. Now that it is quiet here with her in bed....Lins and I can barely keep our eyes open. Jesus! We only had her in our custody in all reality since about 2! ^ hours with her and we both can hardly move anymore....
hahaha! Now I know what adults meant when they would say I ran them into the ground!
Brianna came in with her foster mom after we got there and started to cry because the poor thing has been through this so many times. She must have associated the place with bad things. After she calmed down and I started talking about the kitty we have and the ferret and the pool....she started to get interested and then relaxed enough for the foster mom to leave.
So here's this beautiful little girl that is all alone with nothing with her except the clothes on her back...literally. No extra clothes, no dolly, just the clothes on her back. Such a gorgeous creature...how could the mother be so stupid as to choose drugs and her lifestyle over cleaning up and keeping her with her?? WTF!!??
So we get back into town and get her signed up for medicaid and to go to day care which is literally next door to where we live! Then off to wally world where we spent $260 for clothes, shoes and toys. I have to say that we are going to be good at this buying new clothes for her. We ended up getting her 3 pairs of shoes, 14 full outfits, socks and little girl panties out the kazoo and her very own little baby doll that she would not put down once we opened the package.
So rush home again. Wash the clothes we just bought, cook/eat dinner, clean up the house, give her a bath and put her off to bed. Now that it is quiet here with her in bed....Lins and I can barely keep our eyes open. Jesus! We only had her in our custody in all reality since about 2! ^ hours with her and we both can hardly move anymore....
hahaha! Now I know what adults meant when they would say I ran them into the ground!