Here we go again.....

So, here's the latest from the Doty camp....

Kirk is still working in Missouri--has been now for 2 LONG weeks. Still unsure of an end date on that one. I packed up the kids Saturday morning and drove 7 hours to go and see him at the job. We were very fortunate to have found a hotel room. This was my first time trying something that brave--4 kids, 410 miles, 7 hours in the car being the only ADULT! I made it alive. We hung at the hotel from Saturday til Monday morning and then ventured home. We got the evenings with Kirk, which was good. The hotel had a nice pool and a computer in the hall right outside our room, so we just hung out for the rest of the time. Not much in Popular Bluff, MO. Voyaged home yesterday and got home in the 4 p.m. hour. I went back on-call at 5 p.m. so I officially had like 18 minutes to put my feet up.

On the way home from MO, got a call from our agency and we are going to be getting our second official placement. An eight year old girl will be coming to stay with us later this week. Got a little more info this time around, so that is nice. We are pretty excited about it. We hadn't even gotten a call since November and were beginning to wonder if we would be getting another placement, but it has happened. Kyle is still fighting off a sickness (we all got it last week) so I am thinking he should be good by tomorrow. Gotta get groceries and my house together but should have no problem getting it all done by the time she arrives. Please keep us in your prayers during the adjustment time. We will see what unfolds.....

Last drama is that I was served court papers on Saturday from the City. We've got a drainage ditch in our backyard that the city has always maintained and they have now decided we should be responsible to clean it out (it drains the whole south side of our street and we are on the "bottom" of the hill--thus causing dirt and yard run-off from all the neighbors to pool in our part of the ditch). So, we get to tell the judge our sad story and see if he is going to require us to now maintain it. What is annoying is that the drainage ditch is functioning just fine, but some anal neighbor doesn't like the looks of having some leaves and dirt in the concrete drainage alley and felt the need to call the city rather than talk to us about it. Someone needs to get a life! How sad to have nothing else to worry about than whether or not we have leaves in our drainage ditch. Pretty pathetic! Oh, well. Kirk will hopefully be home before that court day cuz I know that I will likely end up wearing orange by the time the day is out cuz the whole thing makes me mad and I may not be able to control myself. That would not be good! Although, the idea of someone making my meals and lying around on a bunk doesn't sound half bad. Hmmmmm..... might have to rethink that one.

I guess that's it for my ramblings today. Should be an exciting week....or interesting if nothing else.