Teen Update

Hip hip hooray! We get to spring our potential teen from her facility for the day on Saturday! No supervisors, not a zoom with lots of other people involved, just the 4 of us hanging at our house for the day. A real chance to see if we all like each other.

This process has been painfully slow. The wheels of the county and her residential facility turn so slowly. The poor kid has so much drama going on in her life and it’s slowed down the process because she has lots of other meetings and appointments. But we are making progress, however slow it is.

I’m all a flutter. Will she like us? Will she talk? She’s super shy so I’m worried. I’ve got a million questions for her though. What does she like to eat? What are her favorite movies and tv shows? What music does she like? What does she like to do with friends? What classes is she taking in school? Which ones does she like? I’m going to have to be careful not to totally overwhelm the child with my excitement.

I know she likes drawing so I can ask her about what mediums she likes to use for art, and whether she wants to try any of the fun stuff I have in my art supplies. I figure we can rent a movie to watch during Tiny’s nap, make some cookies, and just hang and talk and maybe listen to some music.

Tiny will show off for her new audience. The dog will try to lick the poor girl to death. And with luck, it will be a pretty typical day in our house. Wish us luck!