Stressed in Life As I Know It - 2022

So many things spinning me out. Finances have been bad because of all the job upheaval over the last 6 months. We finally both have a stable income coming in but we fell so far behind on everything thats its hard to get caught up.

Another CPS situation with the kids that once again was found to be crap. Now they’re saying that Azzy fell asleep once in class. Shes had too many absences without notes. And she smells like pee.

Ok so….one time she fell asleep in class? Who hasnt at some point or another????? She has sleep problems and takes melatonin but it doesnt always help. Lately she’s been having nightmares.

Dr notes are sent with her every.single.time and Kirsten gets a note back from the teacher acknowledging them. So…….what????? Where is this information going?

And pee smell….azzy is a late bloomer and just really got potty trained over the summer. She doesn’t always wipe good enough and that’s something Kirsten and i are actively working with her on.

My big question is this….WHY are they immediately calling CPS rather than having a simple conversation with Kirsten or Steven? I know why. It’s because they are now being targeted by the school. They know CPS was called out twice before so now it’s automatic. They don’t seem to care, or even see, that those kids are clean, well fed, get their homework done and are getting good grades! They aren’t neglected or abused.

CPS was like….why are we even being called out??? The guy gave Steven a referral form for housing so that they can bypass the wait list and get out of the dump they live in.

I believe the school is now harassing them. And grandma bear is livid!!!!! We’re getting an attorney to find out what their rights are to get this bullshit stopped.

BTW the first time CPS was called out was right after Angie died. The well had a big issue and they couldn’t drink or use the water for several weeks. A nosy neighbor called CPS and outright lied and said they saw the kids drinking brown water. The kids dont have anything to do with the neighbors. Dont play with thir kids, dont talk to them, nothing other than riding the bus with them. The well is on that neighbors side close to the property line. They were just being assholes.

The second incident was because Zayden was looking for attention and lied to his teacher saying they didn’t have any food in the house and he needed new sneakers and said Kirsten wouldn’t buy him a pair. He DID need new sneakers but Kirsten told him he had to wait a couple more days until she got paid. CPS came out and saw they had plenty of food and zayden had a new pair of sneakers because Kirsten had gotten paid.

Azzy has to go to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for 3 radiation treatments on her finger that has the venous malformation. Her hands are too small to do surgery on so they are doing radiation to try to shrink it. Once she turns 16 if it’s still a problem they can then do surgery. Doing surgery now risks her losing all function on that finger because its on a joint and her joints are just too small to risk it.

And now this. Im stressed out!!!!!! I was in tears this morning over all of this.

The bright spot in my day is coming to work!! I love this job.