Yesterday was a nonstop parenting marathon. We got to first service and saw that we were supposed to be ushers and greeters in second service, so we had to go to church twice in a row. Everyone but one person did remarkably well with the change in routine.
Then we had the bell concert which was very lengthy. Dominyk was obsessed with the idea that he sucked and couldn't play the piece they were going to play. It took me lots of energy to redirect him and get him to go and though he was obviously lost, he didn't embarrass himself by ruining the piece or having a meltdown. It was a concert involving the whole community and 18 different long bell numbers, so it was certainly a lengthy test of Tony and Dom's endurance. I was proud of them.
They couldn't hold it together, though for their evening event at church where they, along with Ricardo, proceeded to do all kind of really dumb things at the event (using words they shouldn't, making male genetalia out of clay, etc, which resulted in a very distressed pastor/father and kids getting sent to bed early).
Then we heard from our oldest in college giving us information about choices he is making that distress us.
John called yesterday as well -- he is doing better. Seems to be in good spirits. Says he's working a lot and doing what he is supposed to do. They changed the time he takes his meds, which is helping his sleep schedule.
I tried again and again to get ahold of Mike, but the line was always busy. The plan for him is to go to a halfway house and he does not want to do so. It is going to be interesting to see how this all pans out.
Today there is no school. I'm trying to touch base with my families right now as the kids are all occupied. I have 6 families (here in the state whose placements I directly supervise) who will be getting 18 children in the next two months. The first starts coming home this Friday. As you can imagine, they have lots of questions right now. I had already talked to four of them by 9:30 this morning.
We are going clothes and shoe shopping today, something I don't always enjoy. Shoes are SO expensive and apparently so important to boys.
At this moment, all is well. Thingsm ay change momentarily, but for now, it's all good.
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