Who takes kids into their houses, gets attached them, and then is okay to give them back up? Who puts themselves into those situations? Oh yeah...We do. Chucklin' Chuck left tonight...like just a few minutes ago to go back to his dad who can't even take care of himself. Yup, I'm sure it's going to be a really good situation for him and his twin 10 month old sisters. (9 month old sisters? Who knows?) The court date today was more or less a joke since they had already had a plan in place to give dad state aid of some kind to help him take care of the kids since he's not capable. Really? If there's an issue, then why are we rushing to give him back these kids? I can't even make sense of this...like on no level whatsoever does this make sense. And I'm sure there are REALLY good CPS workers out there who truly care about the kids...And then there's the CPS workers we've dealt with. I'm so over dealing with these people. So, farewell Chuck. I wish only good things for you...like good books and good tunes.
In other news, we've decided to take in our girls' 7 year old brother. I read reports that he's a foul-mouthed little boy. I think he and I will get along just fine since I also have a foul mouth. We shall call him, "Nook" because his real name is very similar to another e-reader. (Thanks, mom!) Anyway, so Nook seems like an all right kid. The big decision for us was--would we take him in? The reason behind that is because everything is pointing towards these kids being put up for adoption. Their caseworker has made that clear since the kids have been in the system for a long time and their parents are following what they need to do. So, yeah...We should have Nook by the end of the year. He will be coming back this weekend for another visit. I am waiting to hear back from his caseworker to see if we can keep him through Christmas. It seems stupid to send him back to the group home for the holiday! We shall see...
And finally, as if giving Chuck back to his dad today wasn't bad enough, I had to have a royally shitty day and have my windshield bust. It had a crack in it where a rock hit it like a month and change ago, right? Well, this morning while driving in, I heard a crack and saw that it cracked at least a foot on both sides of the crack in the middle. It cracked even more while I was at work. Phoenix called my insurance and, like I thought, I didn't pay extra for windshield coverage and if I wanted my insurance to cover it under my existing policy, it would be $1000 deductible. Fuck my life.
