This morning turned out to be a tough one. It started off pretty well with a visit from Rae, and ambled downhill after that.
First was a social worker visit. One of our children is moving along, which I’m not allowed to talk about 💔 so today was our final visit with this worker. After a long time knowing her, I was anticipating seeing each other and kind of thanking her. While the visit carried on, the Costco grocery guy came and for whatever reason, instead of dropping and running, he asked me to look over the order, in case he missed anything. Which was not ideal timing, nor especially realistic considering there were over 20 items and I didn’t just have them all off the top of my head. Anyway. Could’ve done without that.
Also while the worker was here, home care came to help Brady with a couple of things. She didn’t really read the room very well, but considering we’ve known this worker long enough, she managed the second interruption seamlessly.
We talked some details of this child transitioning out of our home and into the next one, and then started to say some goodbyes. She talked about how she’s gotten pretty invested over here and how she really enjoys coming to our hours. “Will we ever see each other again??” Niceties like that. But suddenly I heard Brady calling me from our room so I went running, and the worker left for her next meeting. It was abrupt and kind of disappointing.
Especially disappointing when I learned that the nurse hadn’t read the orders sent by our doctor and had come quite unprepared for what we needed, therefore needing me to go digging for supplies of our own to fill in where she lacked. Completely avoidable. I don’t know why it bothered me so much but it really did.
I eventually cooled off a bit and everyone ate some lunch. Babies went down for naps, and Wavy and Solly went to play outside with some of the neighbour kids. While they were all in their places, Cher came over for a coffee date – the first in a while. It was really, really nice to see her 💜
I will admit, the morning set my attitude up for failure, and I’m still struggling a bit to come back from it. But I will. Its a me problem, and I will get over myself soon. Not yet, clearly 😅 but soon.
“Tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes in it.” – Anne