Last Day at the High School

August 7

It’s Tuesday, and it’s our last day at the high school. Everything prior to that though was a little crazy. I was in charge of making lunch, but since we were going to be gone at noon for the high school class, I had to start cooking a bit early. Not that it was a problem ‘cuz you know how I love being in the kitchen. It was actually fairly peaceful the first hour or so. I had a little time to myself in the kitchen…but then things got a little crazy. One of the nannies had to go take Jen and Evelin’s stool samples to the clinic. Dulce (the other nanny) was bust taking care of Ericka and Ivannia since Claudia was sick and she couldn’t come in. So no one was keeping an eye on the boys. Evelin had them in the kitchen for a while while she prepared the sandwiches for the high schoolers, but they started getting into stuff, so I pretty much sent them out. Let’s face it, the kitchen is no place for 3 toddlers. Evelin could sense that I was a little irritated…she thought it was pretty funny though how I reacted. Yes, we are quite different in many ways, but it’s a good thing we both pretty much know what those differences are. Despite all the craziness though, we actually made it to the school on time, earlier than usual in fact. The class went well; I ended up teaching again since I had already prepared for the assigned chapter last week. Jen was supposed to teach the next chapter but we ran out of time. It was sad having to say goodbye to them, but we gave them our names so they could look us up on facebook and hopefully keep in touch with us that way. We got hugs from some of them as we left, Franklin being one. I’ve seen quite a change in him compared to the first few weeks, and it’s been a joy to see. I really do hope that God continues to work in all of their hearts and that the seeds we have planted will grow and bear fruit in due time. I’m going to miss those kids.

The rest of the afternoon was spent playing with the kiddos. Gracie got back at around 4. She looked well rested and it sounded like she had a good time. We talked to her a little bit after dinner about plans for the rest of the week and what all went on while she was gone…it’s amazing what a few days of rest can do and I’m really glad that she got to take a break.

It rained pretty hard for a good while. My tummy wasn’t feeling too good either. I guess I spoke too soon when I said I was glad that I hadn’t gotten sick. Hopefully this is nothing too bad though. I didn’t want to crawl into bed and throw up all over myself just yet, so I stayed up and had some quiet time till I felt good enough to go to climb into bed. Hopefully I won’t throw up and I’ll feel better in the morning.