I need a serious vent. I would rather not go off on FB (inappropriate and I don't want to make my family members fret), so you guys get the honors.
To say life in my camp is overwhelming to me right now would be a gross understatement. I'm *so* hoping that some of this weight will be lifted within the next few weeks to 30 days.
Other than the typical work issues (we are knee deep in a project in the Los Angeles area, and my technical guys are there now) and final estate issues aside, dealing with the issues that have arisen because my D18 turned 18 has been well... constant and requiring my immediate attention. Some of it hasn't been easy to pull off - not because of difficulty of the information, but the timing of playing hot potato. I'm truly worn out.
We have D18's guardianship process going on. That has required a lot of work up front - including doctor testimony, court visitor testimony, getting stuff notarized on a 2 hour notice, court scheduling. Our court date is tomorrow, thank goodness. I'm a little surprised at the foresight Mr. Wonderful showed. He's taking the rest of tomorrow off from work (I have to come back) and taking D18 with him. He said he thinks it's going to be emotional, work has been a pain in the ass and he figures that he and D18 deserve a jump start on the weekend. The weather is supposed to be crappy, so he might take her to see Cinderella. She'll love that. So I'm pleasantly surprised that he's seeing this for what it is. Good for him.
In my spare time, I've been taking classes for certification that are required to fulfill my contract as her family caregiver. I also have to document pretty much everything I do for her - for the agency that employs me as well as my accountant. I didn't realize how much I actually do for my D18. It's surprised the hell out of me. Don't get me wrong - I don't want to not have this job. It's just that documenting all this crap is overwhelming all by itself. She's cute, so I have that going for me. Documenting her medications seems to be my biggest foe right now. When she's with me, it's 4x/day. Nuts.
I won't go into the minutia that this job requires, or the little snafus that have occurred. They happen. But the big thing is that my county dropped her Medicaid and didn't notify me or the agency that provides our services. I found that out in a weird way, and have been in a tail spin ever since. Needless to say, I've had to spend all morning filling out the application to reapply for Medicaid. I've been doing the annual updates since she was 18 months old. Now I have to reapply. Can't tell you how awful this process is. Apparently, doing it once in a lifetime wasn't enough. Hopefully, this will be the last. What does make me happy is that she's completely oblivious to all of this. Seriously. No need for her to get her panties in a twist over something she can't change. I'm still pretty hot about this.
So, after redoing this application, when I pick up D18 from her after school care this afternoon, we'll head over to the service agency to sign them with witnesses and turn in the papers for them to process. Blech. Not that I didn't have anything else I'd rather do before dinner?
OK, rant over. For now. I'm really hoping I'll feel the burden lifted tomorrow afternoon when we finish in court. Mr. Wonderful and I had our conference call with our attorney to review the questions we will be asked and get coached on how to word our responses. No surprises there, so I hope there are no surprises tomorrow. If D18 pulls out the ultimate miracle and talks, then I'll consider all of this the icing on my cake. That would be awesome, especially if her first word is the F word. I'd love that. She's never managed to make the ffff sound, so let's call this a long shot, shall we?
Oh yeah, through all of this, my D21 forwarded me an e-mail on Monday, letting us know that FAFSA was performing a random audit on us. How utterly delightful. I've had to get stuff signed with a witness (my employees are in CA this week) and dig out tax return information and forward them along. Like I really needed that too.
I need some garlic and witches' brew here. Gotta keep these goblins and vampires away somehow. They need to go bug someone else for awhile.
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
