Houston, we have a ....................

........................ Named Social Worker!!!

Now, please - don't all fall off your seats laughing!! He does exist and i have met him!!
We were meant to meet him on the 11th, but i got a call to say that he wasn't well and wouldn't be able to get to us. My thoughts were "here we go -again!!". Been here, done that and we're always let down.

I was told he would phone on monday to rearrange.
No - i didn't stay in all day - i do have a life! Maybe not exciting or high powered, but it is MY life and i quite enjoy it, thank you very much!!!

Monday came and went - no phone call.
So did Tuesday.
And wednesday!!!
By this time i was getting a tad fed up. I grumbled that i always had to chase them up and i didn't really have the time or energy to do it.
So Thursday comes along and i planned to phone them at some point.

But you know how the day goes - you get caught up.
So the phone goes - right in the middle of me trying to clean up the cat sick and load up the washing machine.
It was the Social Worker!!!
Couldn't have timed it better if he'd been watching me!!!!

When was a good time to come out??
"never???" came my hopeful reply!!!!
Well - there's me, up to my elbows in cat vomit and dirty clothes - it wasn't a good day and we still had the vet visit to do.

Ok then - what about tomorrow morning about 11 - is that ok??
It was.

Man - he must have wondered just WHAT he was letting himself in for!! Scary situation, given that the last time we saw each other we were 12 and it was the last day of Primary School!!!!

It wasn't that bad to be honest. He did apologize for his no show the week before. We sat and went throught the guardianship order we have just now and what we have requested for this one. He did admit that the SW department had been very lax about keeping in touch and he couldn't understand WHY the duty workers hadn't been concerned - especially when we were always flagging it up to them. They seemed to think because we were "coping" they didn't need to come and see us.

So he's coming back to see us in 3 months, when we have the new order in place.
Court is the 7th of June.
(that'll be another experience!!!!)

So that is now done - and if he even THINKS of leaving the job, or dying in post, he'll need to get my permission and make sure a new SW is appointed before he goes!!!

The nice bit of the week was getting paid for doing the presentation in Aberdeen. We'd already been paid for the Glasgow one, and we had happily spent the money!
So i have ordered some new DVDs - Titanic - the 4 part series that was on tv recently. And Merlin series 3 +4. I also bought myself new jeans. Yea!!! new jeans that i like, that fit me and i had the money to pay!!!!
Peter has his eye on a Dumbo ornament. I think i may take him to get some new jeans as well.
It's been nice to have a little bit of unexpected money. Peter would have prob got some of the ornaments for christmas/birthday pressies, but not all of them at once. And much as i try to save some money to treat myself to DVDs once in a while, often the money gets spent on something else.
So along with the Merlin DVDs, i have Les Miserables and War Horse to watch as i do my ironing.
Should keep me happy for a while!!!