Dealing With Barbara Again

Arg! For long time readers, you will remember how difficult it was to get things done with Barbara during the homestudy/looking for kids portion of the adoption proceedings. Well, now, we're getting to deal with her again.

I don't know how this woman makes it through the day. Honestly. She's a very nice lady, although a little hard to get a read on sometimes, but she just doesn't track information information from one discussion to the next. Nor do her notes make sense to her most of the time, if she's taken them. Last week, she and I discussed and decided that Max would stay with us for these two weeks-ish, giving them time to find a foster family where Max can stay. This way, he doesn't have to be moved around any more than necessary.

However, I hadn't heard from Barbara at all this week, so I called and left a message this morning to see where things are. She called back and left a message talking about getting evaluations set up for Max and various things, then says, "And I wanted to know how Max is doing with (Stephanie's family) and how you all are doing."

Ummm. Yeah. Max is here, remember? So, I called back and left a message saying, "As we decided last week, Max is here until you can find him a foster family where he can stay while a new adoptive family is recruited. So, we're wondering how that process is going. We're trying to give everyone lots of breaks. Max spent the night with (Stephanie's family) Saturday and he's in day camp all week this week, but we're still encountering issues, including Max threatening to go out the window after bedtime, which is concerning."

I also told her that with my previously planned trip coming up at the end of the month, we would like to see Max settled by then. So, we'll see. But, it's very aggravating that here we are, dealing with Barbara again, and this time for such an unhappy purpose with a real need for it all to be done.