I thought something smelled funny

It turns out the 6th grade teacher at my school couldn't handle the 6th grade students because they were sassy, so she wanted to moved to a lower grade... Guess whose position she is getting? I wish the worst I could say for my 4th graders were that they were sassy. I'm not meaning to be ugly to my kids, cause I love them, just saying they're a challenge. Anyway, I can't keep a couple students(who have done NOTHING all year) engaged, I get booted, then they replace me with a 6th grade teacher who can't handle her students....makes a lot of sense huh? The other 4th grade teachers are a bit ticked too because they know how hard I worked and how much I contributed.

That being said, gonna look for work elsewhere in the area, even resorting back to accounting. I can attend summer workshops for a little extra money. Hopefully, this will help later when I am without health insurance!

Some good things: Got the pool ready and remembered what a joy it is to bring Smiley swimming. J is starting to tolerate the pool this year and maybe enjoying it a little too.

Well, back to job hunting for me. It would be nice to catch a break once in a while.

Family of 6

D is back (14 yr old boy we took for the weekend). He wasn't happy in his other foster home, so he will be staying with us for a while. He seems like a good kid, no abuse problems, just lack of parental supervision(no supervision) at home.

Just Maybe

Bubbles' mom called L the other day. She is going in to have a c-section for baby # 3 (boy) on May 18. She wanted to know if we would take him if it was taken into foster care. Turns out cw lied to her also. Told her we wouldn't take Bubbles' brother, and tried telling her that she doesn't get a say in which foster home her kids are placed in. I know that's not true because Princess' mom asked cw to see if we would adopt her other kids and cw told us if we would have agreed they would have had to move them with us.

Anyway, mom asked if we still wanted Bubbles. Supposedly she is free for adoption, but I think they are appealing. She would rather us adopt her, but not sure what's true or not. She is pretty angry that she wanted her kids with us and she was lied to. She said if they took new baby she'd call her lawyer and ask to place with us. L said to call him and we'd call OUR lawyer (hers is a quack, who can't even sign a car title properly). I miss Bubbles so much. More and more each day, but the decision was right at the time having too much to lose with lying cw. Now though with mom wanting us with her kids(since they are in foster care anyway), it may be easier. Can't get my hopes up, because nothing happened last time, but if she somehow was brought back to me...

Then, there's Smiley's mom. She called saying she found a new doctor who is taking things more seriously and finally getting the additional testing she needs. I was able to pass on information from Smiley's genecist that new baby would probably be fine since he's made it this far with no problems. Boyfriend is employed again so hopefully can somewhat provide for baby. She asked if Smiley was potty training and suggested I try, but he's just not there yet. New doctor wants to see Smiley. This doctor is actually partner to my doctor(told you it was a small town). Another reason to be open about adoption.

Threat

There was a bomb threat today at all the schools in our area. To make things worse, daycare decides to take advantage of the situation to get a day off. I couldn't leave K with the kids all day, so got a half day off. Of course, it was kinda nice in a way to have a little time off. I only had 4 kids in my class when I left. They should have cancelled school, but I guess its better not to have to make it up like we did for all the hurricane days missed.

For those who asked, yes we are adopting J.

When school ends, the teenager we took for the weekend is coming to stay with us for a while D.

Smiley's mom is due in July, and think I've convinced my husband to let me accept the baby as a placement if he comes into care.

On the job front, there doesn't appear to be any openings at this time, so it looks like I'm either going to have to take the year off or give up teaching(which I love) to go back into the business field for employment.

I'm so looking forward to the summer and we've been promising ourselves to a vaction and hope to follow through on it this time.