I decided to brave the snowy streets today in order to get the last of our paperwork in to Bethany. Well...the last of our application paperwork that is (evacuation plan, copies of birth certs, driver licenses, color photo, etc.).

I drove the Explorer and, naturally, the little thingamabob that squirts windshield wiper fluid was not working on the driver's side, nor was the driver's side wiper. If I could only figure out how to drive from the passenger's side like in that recurring dream I have where no one is driving the car. Anyhoo...halfway in I had to stop at a gas station and clean the windshield. I tried dripping water onto the thingamabob to clean it - no luck - I tried just hitting it a few times - imagine that, that didn't work either. Finally I thought pouring some of my hot coffee on it might do the trick - BINGO! We have a working thingamabob! Back on the road...

I stopped off at the office first to make copies of all of our paperwork and - oh and to actually work a little bit too - then on to Bethany to turn it all in.

I also registered for our Infant & Child CPR & First Aid Certification course. We'll be enjoying that course alllllllll day long on January 12th. It feels good to be making some progress - even if it is one teensy step at a time.

A few of our references have received their forms in the mail too so things are moving along.

I just started reading Melissa Fay Green's There is no me Without You which I've heard is a "must read". I'm only about 60 pages in, but it's breaking my heart already.

Costs - $130 CRP & 1st Aid course