I am getting stuff ready for camping and surgery and I think I have most stuff together or atleast I have it planned to be together. I have some last minute running around I have to do on Thursday after I am done work. Then last minute laundry and packing. My friend K will be coming over for a brief visit and to get instructions on the fish and watch how I clean the tank.
On another interesting note. Yesturday was somewhat of an emotional day at work. As I walked in the office, one of the social workers asked if I could go with her on an investigation. So we went to interview the children and at the end of the interview the social worker felt it was best to remove the children from the home. This is what is called an apprehension. Now the social worker has 5 business days to get the case to court and prove there was just cause to remove these children. It was a little sad because although these children are abused they still love their family and feel some sort of loyalty towards them. At one point one of the children started to cry and kept saying he didnt want to leave his mom. I had to look down at my pad of paper where I was taking notes and concentrate on the markings I had wrote. I know that this was in the best interest of the children but I still could feel the tears welling up. I kept saying to myself. "You cant cry, you cant cry, show no emotion" I was able to hold it together and hid all my feelings. By the end of the day I know we did the best thing and the children were ok with the situation. After getting settled into the foster home you could see they were happy. Not living in fear can do that to a person.
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