Quick Update on us

Hey all, sorry I've not updated in so long! Things have been incredibly hectic around here. We got Bri's first manual wheelchair finally, in July. It's a cute little Zippie Tilt & Space, a purple frame, with lavender and black upholstery, and her name embroidered in the back. Brianna LOVES sitting in it...she spends most of the day in it when she's at daycare.

Speaking of daycare...don't know if I had started working again last time I updated or not. But work is going well. I'm working providing residential care (cooking, cleaning, passing meds, helping with hygiene, etc) for developmentally disabled adults. It's a great job, with good benefits, and my clients are wonderful. Right now, I work Wed-Sun, from noon to 8:30pm, and from 1-9:30 on Saturdays. Wed, Thu, Fri, Brianna goes to daycare, and she loves it. The gal has worked with me on her rates, and is only charging me $300 a month for Brianna, since we receive an additional payment for her childcare through the Inclusive Childcare program. On the weekends, there's a 19 year old girl who comes into our home and watches Bri. Both caregivers are wonderful with Bri, and Doris, the DCP, has said I need to get a Mon-Fri job, so she can watch Bri five days a week :-D.

On Tuesday of this week, we enrolled Bri in preschool, finally. She starts at the school just down the street from me, on Sept. 8th, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. In October, her IFSP is up for reevaluation, so if she is doing well going two days a week, we might increase to three days a week. I'm sure she'll do wonderfully. Me, on the other hand...well, that remains to be seen. I mean, it's not like she hasn't spent whole days away from me before. It's not like she hasn't been going to daycare consistently for the past several months. But this is SCHOOL! It's the next step in the life of a child! It means my baby is growing up! And I really don't know if I can handle that. Anyway, that's all for now!