Dates for my foster care diary

October 5, 2008

Today Pastor Mike said "Are you using the resources that God has given to you?" Aaron and I really talked about this after church and after finding out that he had been thinking about doing foster care again, we prayed about it and decided that I would call Ready for Life and see if we could still do foster care. They said that they saw no problems with us pursuing it again and I had to just talk to Community Care Licensing to make sure. I called them and left a message. They returned my call and said that would be fine. I can't even wait to get started!

October 15

Sandra from Environmental Alternatives came to do our first meeting at 9:30. She did our home inspection and we passed everything but we have to get a gate for around our fireplace and turn our water heater down to 120 degrees. I am very excited. I went to Eureka and got our DMV printouts.

October 16

I went back to Eureka today to get fingerprinted and then picked up Aaron in Fortuna during lunch and took him to get fingerprinted too. I turned in our Live Scan for both of us and our DMV printouts.

October 21

We had our second meeting with Sandra at 12:00 to go over our paperwork and handbook. She had talked to Community Care Licensing and found out it was ok for us to go forward with the whole process.

October 22

Aaron and I had our physical today and a TB test.

October 24

We got our T.B. results read today. Mine was quite funny now that I look back at it. So, I went in to get it read and the secretary lady looked at my arm and said, hold on, you need to have that checked by the nurse. So, the nurse grabs me and puts me in the very back room and comes in with a MASK and a magnifying glass to look at my arm. Talk about FREAKING ME OUT!!! Thought I had TB!!! She said it was a false alarm and it was negative. But man, that was not very fun to live through.

November 3

I went to St. Bernard's in Eureka to fulfill my CPR class. It will be good for one year. (Aaron did not do his.) Only one of us has to be certified in CPR. I could have taught that class.

November 4

Sandra arrived at 3:30 to visit with the boys for the first time and to start my psych evaluation. She said our fingerprint clearance came back just fine. I think Zackery shocked her. When she asked if they had any questions for her, Zack said "Do you think that GOD is happy that we are going to bring children into our home and take care of them?" The look on her face was priceless. She didn't know how to respond. She had NEVER been asked that question. Go Zack!

November 5

Aaron and I both went to St. Bernard's in Eureka to fulfill our First Aid class. This should last 2 years.

November 10

Sandra came to our home at 12:00 to finish up the psych evaluations and family history for Aaron and I. She checked off our fence for the fireplace and our water temperature. She stated that we are all done with our meetings and she has to just type up our papers and we should be certified by next week!!! We still need to do a water safety course but that will be held the first weekend in December. We don't have to have it to be certified. Now, just waiting for a phone call!