Bragging on My Girls

It's only Monday
But my poor girls
Have been dragged
From here to there
And have been total
Troopers each and every time.
No fighting.
No whining.
Good attitudes.
Joyfulness all around.
So blessed.
So grateful.
So thankful.

Monday night.
Look at a daybed.
Grabbed some quick dinner.
Meet at the condo with the friend
Who is going to buy the condo.
Worked on paperwork with friend.
Poor girls completely ignored and overlooked.
Reward/distractor
     - a rare hour of weeknight TV

Tuesday night.
Pick up the day bed.
Move the day bed.
Drop off the day bed.
Pick up the couch and chair.
Move the couch and chair.
Pick up the couch and chair.
Reward/distractor -
     - Down Gilead Lane in the car (we LOVE this radio drama!)
     - A surprise visit and time to play at our new neighbors' house
            (Thank you, Sarah!!!!)
     - Dinner out by our dear moving friends who let the girls tell jokes, be loud, and be loved on
            (Thank you Margaret and Mike!!!)

Tonight.
Huge open house night
For incoming 5th graders
At my middle school.
Couldn't find anyone to watch the girls
(And didn't want to bug certain people in my life two weeks in a row.)
So I grabbed them some Subway
Brought their DSi's
And let them eat
And hang out
And play on their DSi's
On a weeknight (unheard of!)
For a good three hours
In my office
Alone
While I played tour guide outside.
(I did make them read their novels for 30 minutes.)
I checked on them just twice.
They were good as gold.
Again.

Seriously now,
I am not going to win
Any foster-mother of the year awards
For my lack of attention to my girls this week.
For my over-use of technology this week.
But I am so grateful
For their ability to "go with the flow"
And to just enjoy what comes at them.
I know it's rare.
I know it's a huge blessing.
I try not to take advantage of it.

Tomorrow I promised we'd come home
And just veg in the evening.
(Granted...the plumber is coming to us,
But at least we can veg out a bit while he works.)

Update on the House:
It's just a waiting game on Bank of America to finish their side of the paperwork and then we will go into closing.  February 1st isn't going to happen, but I am praying that it happens sometime next week so I can move the weekend of the 9th.  Now I just need to work on getting some boxes and getting some things packed.  Not sure why I am not motivated to do that or worried about the fact that I haven't started.

Praise Report/Prayer Request:
The girls FINALLY have an official visit to see their mom and their little brother on Monday.  They are so excited and it has been a bud every single night since I found out and told them.  However, please pray for their safety to, during, and from the visit.  A taxi company will be picking them up from school and transporting them.  This makes me nervous to be honest.  I do know that they will be together and for that I am so grateful - but I do not know the driver, and even though a woman driver has been requested, there is no guarantee.  I also have no say in the transportation arrangements because I am not the decision maker one way or the other - CPS is.  I am going to invest in a second cell phone this weekend.  I am going to look for one of those track-phones or prepaid phones. I want the girls to have it in their possession so they can contact me if there is anything they need.  Please pray for this entire situation because it does have me on edge.