I have no spare time. Not even to write this. I am giving up precious moments of sleep to update this blog that almost nobody reads. We got our first foster care placement Tuesday night. He had a visit with his mom scheduled for Wednesday and another is scheduled for tomorrow. Next week he will start on regular visits Monday and Wednesday. It is amazing to me how much time an infant absorbs. It has been quite a few years since I've had one. Also, it is a unique challenge to get a 5 month old. You don't get the first 5 to figure things out. We just had to guess how much he weighed and hope the diapers we bought would fit. It is an adjustment getting used to having a baby again.
In addition to the foster child, I am attending classes on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for two weeks. These are the CORE classes required when becoming a foster parent in Alaska. They are super helpful and informative but ever so inconvenient. They are in Fairbanks, which is a 30-40 minute drive. The visits with the baby's mom are also in Fairbanks. Ouch on the gas!
Also, I am going strong in my third week of homeschooling. It has been extremely difficult for the kids to stay focused on school with a baby around--not to mention the interruptions of visits to Fairbanks in the middle of the school day. It's been challenging for me to go with the flow. I haven't been able to have a decent un-interrupted quiet time with God since he got here either. I'm probably going to have to get up earlier--YUCK!!!!! It would be nice if I could go to bed earlier but my schedule just isn't allowing it right now. Hopefully as things progress we will be able to find a nice schedule to fall into. After Sept. 17 I won't have CORE anymore, so that will ease things up a bit. However, I am missing my Tuesday evening bible study the next two weeks, so that will still be there. And the kids are starting Awana soon, so there goes my Wednesday evening. But God doesn't give you anything you can't handle. So, I am working on trusting Him with all of this. He has been so faithful to me!
