So I got an e-mail from the aunt. She said she spent the day in bed yesterday, which she says is extremely out of character for her. She thinks the stress of the last 6 weeks must be catching up to her and while her age doesn't usually show, she feels it's coming into play now.

The aunt got a few messages from the birthmom. The last one this morning asked that the aunt contact the birthfather's brother to ask him if the birthfather or their parents could take the baby so that she can have a stable life. All I could think was "I wish she thought the baby could have a stable life with US.". The aunt said she's not sure what to make of the message--that it could be a ploy to get to the birthfather. The aunt feels that the birthfather's brother wouldn't take custody. I'm not sure what to make of that; but she's been pretty dead-on with everything else. I want to believe her... but I don't know.

The aunt also got all the same info we got: that the birthmother was living under a bridge (via voicemail from birthmother herself--aunt was surprised because the mother knows her way around the services); that the phone call to her mother didn't go well; and that she was still "impaired". None of it suprised the aunt.

I called the caseworker who was on the phone with the birthmother's caseworker from the drug treatment program. The caseworker was supposed to call me back, but I called at 4pm and she's off at 5pm. No call back. I'm anxious to know what transpired today. Did she show for the evaluation? Did her attitude change? What's going on?

So I sit and wait for more answers...