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Back to Normal...Whatever that means

We had quite the nine days in Utah.  Lagoon and Bear Lake and lots of time with cousins.  It was so amazing and relaxing.  I was watching Lee with his cousins and feeling a bit jealous that I never had that relationship with my cousins.    At Bear Lake there were ten kids all nine and under.  I usually hate camping but it was great.  Lee's cousins go every year and we are considering making it an annual trip as well.  Now we are buried in dirty laundry that smells like a camp fire.  I am now back to decluttering and spend today working on the kids dressers.  Tomorrow we will finish all the dressers (excluding Lee's)

Life is good.  I work 60 hours this week and I really would rather just work the 20 at the hospital and not CPS.  I applied for a new job. We will see how it works out.  I have started looking for ways to cut back.  We have one debt that is driving me insane.  I need to get rid of it.  Then we will be able to focus on student loans.  Now that I am (sort of) done with school I am hoping to pick up a counseling client or facilitate a group.   There is so much I want to do with my degree.  But for the present I have four adoptions to get done before the end of the month and pick an adoptive home for another child. Plus a dad that is out of jail who would like to see his daughter one final time (gag). 

I love working with the kids and I love adoptions but it is all getting old. 

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