Yesterday was a good day

Yesterday was a very very good day.

We had the pretrial. All that was accomplished at that was another pretrial date so that the attorneys can view documents that children's services doesn't want to release to them. They may or may not even be able to see those documents.

I also found out that there were even more things that the initial caseworker had messed up on and that the girls have to go into daycare all day until my sister is cleared to watch them.

But it was wonderful.

They got to my dad's house at 5 and Mallory was napping but Marilyn was very happy. She liked her new Hello Kitty blanket and we played and she just talked talked talked talked talked. It was good to hear her voice.

Mallory woke up and was smiles the minute she opened her eyes.

Both girls were very happy to be at my dad's house. They got to play outside (note to self, make sure to grab another plastic baseball for little t-ball, one ball, one tee and two little bats is a recipe for trouble) and the grandmas all got to visit with them.

We had chinese food for dinner and they gobbled it up. They LOVE Chinese food.

It wasn't weird having them back but it's funny how fast you forget certain things (or not forget, but it definitely exits your mind rather quickly) such as how truly messy kids are and how fast everything becomes messy when they are around, how they like to follow you around even if all you have to do is run in the other room to get a glass of water, and how much they make me smile.

Marilyn got to jump on the bed and Mallory was all over the gummy vitamins as soon as she saw them. Both of them didn't want to go to sleep. They fought over the bedtime books. I have missed all of these little things so much.

They are doing quite well. Marilyn really misses her dad and was quite upset about that last night. She still really really wants to come home and be in her own bed and she was quite vocal about that last night. She's adjusting quite well right now. So is Mallory.

I haven't smiled this much in a while. On the other hand, leaving them at daycare made me want to cry until I got to work. I'm really upset at how much this particular woman's inability to perform her job functions and to tell the truth is affecting my life. I'm extremely frustrated at how damaging she really is going to be if this all even goes to trial. I am hoping that in some way or another there is justice in this world. The lies of one inexperienced caseworker under the supervision of misdirecting management who then don't know what they are doing (or just don't simply care) have far too much power in this world than they ever should.

I'm not able to stay overnight with them at this time, but I can be there when they fall asleep and when they wake up in the morning. This is my plan. They were happy this morning. I'm hoping that they had a good day, I really didn't want to take them back to school this soon but it is what it is. They are tough and they will be fine. Shortly I will head back to my dad's house and then they will be home. Marilyn is finally going to get her zhu zhu pets today.

Personally I am exhausted. This is only the first day of many in which I will be running around from place to place. As often as I can I will be with the girls, but I cannot spend the night with them at my father's house and I have to come home to sleep. I then have to wake up and head back over there. I don't feel that it is fair on anyone to place the responsibilities of caring for my children on anyone else when I am more than capable. I can do it just fine and I know what to do and how it works. I'm not saying that my father isn't capable, but he's not the young sprout he once was when he and my mother raised me and my sisters.

But yesterday was a very very good day. I hope that there will be many more good days from here on out.

I'm exhausted today and running on little sleep, I had my 6 hour teaching extravaganza that is my usual Friday, and I have half an hour before it's back to taking care of my children. Tomorrow is my sister's graduation party and I need to help with that as much as possible as well. The day will go on just fine, but I'm truly amazed at how much energy I normally have as person when I don't have my children to take care of and I have all sorts of free time. This is what coffee is for, and it's good to be tired and get rest.

Here is a picture of me and the girls at bedtime last night, it's so good to finally be back with them.