Happy Anniversary!!

Gracias por nuestra lindisima familia! No saben cuanto los queremos y extranamos. Espero que hayan celebrado su dia con muchisima alegria, y sintiendo el amor de sus pichoncitos, que nunca dejamos de pensar carinosamente en ustedes.

Progress!

So, remember my little runt? Well, today she had her psychiatric consultation!! Which meant that every spare minute of my day was spent meeting with the gentleman evaluator, but it was sooo well worth it! Do I seem a little excited? I am. It just feels so good to hear a thoughtful and educated person give the situation the degree of concern it deserves, and come back with a diagnosis that rings true. Over the course of the day he met with every relevant person, including the little one, mom, administrators, social workers, psychologists, and me. He even came in for a twenty minute observation during class. At the end of it all he gave us his evaluation and recommendations. We also discussed what could be if mom doesn't follow through with the recommended action (as often is the case with her).... it would be too terrible, I can't think about it, it makes me sick.
He also said that he believed my style is exactly what she needs... and said that I should be given an aid at least part time! Ha! Wouldn't that be nice. Anyway, it was encouraging to have an expert come in and publicly affirm what I am doing for this child. God knows it takes up a good chunk of my energy. Well guys, I'm ready to hit it. I've still got some setting up to do before I go, so I'm going to get to it.
Wish me luck, I'm going skiing this weekend! (You can start praying over my soar limbs.)

Sola, triste, y abandonada...

Todos se me han ido al Peru, y yo aqui sumergida en tantisimo trabajo. Paopi, te extrano!! Hoy voy a pasar por tu casa a prender el carro y chequear tu correo... I hope I pull into the right driveway! hehehe. Ustedes seguro saben que esta semana estoy grabando para mi BEST portfolio. Una colega me dio buen consejo hoy dia. Me hizo acordar que no tengo porque estresarme tanto por este video, si la mayoria de lo que van a evaluar es lo escrito. A fin de cuentas, los evaluadores solo saben lo que yo les digo, y en la universidad me ensenaron a B.S. muy bien. No, no es verdad. They didn't teach me to B.S., I just did it, and was rewarded, so I got better. hehehe. No, no, I'm actually not a terrible teacher, so my lessons are pretty good. Having pretty good lessons doesn't diminish my work load, though! And today! Ajjjj! I was hoping to get my 15 minutes of uncut streaming footage today, and guess what happened....The battery runs out! Are you kidding?? I had it plugged in last night and this morning, and the battery dies??? What that means is, my initial instruction was interrupted, AND we were only able to focus in on one group during their independent work. We were supposed to be able to go from group to group to capture our brilliant discourse, but now I'll just have to wait and see when I get home and watch it.
But I'm not playing around about feeling stranded... between my work load, and Garett's super late nights due to Spankin' New Week (haha...or something), and Pao gone, and Gianki about to be gone, and knowing everyone's all together in my favorite place without me... ayayay... I think I just made myself feel worse.
Not to worry though, I've got my work to distract me! Thanks for the call last night, Mami y Papi.... can't wait for the next one!