New schedule, second week

Well Jacob is hard core acting out. He seems to think because he is not under my observation at all times, he can do as he pleases when I'm not around. He better watch it though, he's on a very thin thread. Next naughty- he'll be sat on, and this usually doesn't bode well for him.

On another note- the Jacobism for the week: Jake, my love, and her friend Dee were out for lunch Saturday. She tells my love that she is a nervous wreck over something. Jacob, listening
in, adds his own translation "I LOVE Shrek!! Dee and my love burst into gales of laughter... She coins the phrase "I'm a nervous Shrek!"

I love this boy.. Yes even when he's not on his best behavior. <3

New schedule

So I just finished my first week on the new schedule. It wasn't terrible. We will adjust. We had a meeting with suburban access, who hold the keys to services in Illinois. They updated Jacobs status as "emergency need" and then said they could offer another option that I don't have to wait on the state for. The option is residential, essentially group home placement. She said whenever there is an opening, we could visit and he could move in after the screening process for both ends is complete. She said i could speed up the process by expanding the "territory". He may get in quicker if i allow for further away, she suggested Kankakee, or Springfield. Really? Send him hours away to a new situation with a bunch of strangers? She said she knew of a male opening at a privately owned group home nearby. Since the residential services she was speaking of are not state funded, I assumed they are privately funded, so I asked her to clarify. She confirmed that indeed, I would be the one to pay for residential services. I asked her how much it costs. She nonchalantly responded $60,000-$80,000 a year.

Is she crazy? Does she have any idea what she's saying? Does she know the impact? Id like to think not!! Does she know that offer is not even remotely helpful? I'd like him to go to a group home when it's appropriate, but not like this! I'm not trying to get rid of him! I just need care for when we work. I could not believe how completely ignorant and unrelated her answers were to my problem. Ideas? Insights? Calming words, lol? Am I the one who's nuts?

Change

So we're pulling Jacob out of the adult day care. He doesn't hate it, but he's not his usual happy self either. I've rearranged my work schedule around my loves and now one of us will be with him, except for three days a week. A friend of ours has agreed to hang out w him on these days, allowing her to stay home more, and us to not go completely broke. In all likelihood, we will rarely see each other, but hopefully it is a temporary situation as we still hope to get services for Jake in the near future. Thank God for good friends and smaller bills. I'm anxious about my new schedule. I'm afraid for my health as I will be doing both days and nights. But a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to support the family, right?