Thursday, January 22, 2009

Life is good!

I have had some very busy days at school. A team with a dentist was here this week along with 10 volunteers from Danville, California. They were all awesome people! I wish they could all just stay. I needed to be at school at 8 a.m. to help the dentist get students in line for work on their teeth. One thing that blew my mind was that we were allowing the oldest children to go first and we got through Standard 5 and some of Standard 6, well the younger children kept coming up to me and begging to go to the dentist. They might have a loose tooth - normal...and say "miss kim, I need to see the dentist!" We have another dentist coming in February, thank goodness - i could tell them that because they were so disappointed that they could not see the dentist today or tomorrow.

I had several cases of physical abuse and one sexual abuse case today.

Last night I had a meeting at El Fagon. The people from Danville organized it with the Wilsons and the Cullins. The representative said that World Bank is donating money to fill in San Mateo and do something about water, electricity and a sewage system. It will be an answer to many prayers. The sewage is causing more and more health problems. One child died last year when they had an open cut and got in the lagoon water in San Mateo.

There is another fund raiser for the school tomorrow night at Wet Willy's. Tomorrow includes a soccer game at 2:30 and I am suppose to reward 4 of my toughest kids with ice cream if they make it through tomorrow without fighting with each other. I am trying to figure out what to do with all their creativity, energy, and manipulative, con-artist, comedian selves. i am thinking about having them do a play that they write. I already have taken away their free period and they have to talk to me as a group everyday.

Ernesto is cooking and showing me how to cook Stew Chicken and coconut rice and fried plantain. I am not tired tonight. I think I am getting used to it! love and miss you all!

8 comments:

  1. Great news about the world bank and San Mateo! Sounds like you are settling in and finding your rhythm. Send me some stew chicken, I miss it. You might as well as the coconut rice, too. :)

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  2. Stop the madness. I need to get something straight here. I was the first responder the song question and my answer was much more complete that shacks. I included all the lyrics. I just posted mine to the wrong day. So, sit down, scroll back and sing your heart out! I get the points beautiful boy. YOU were too late. Love you. lori

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  3. oops just noticed several typos in my earlier comment. Sorry. Just think of it as a word search comment...

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  4. Correction Lori! I was first. Check out the time stamp. I comment at 10:31 am....you did not come out until 7:30 pm. Victory is mine, no excuses that I had that day to sit behind a computer. I told you guys what sone it was in so you could all go look it up. you are welcome, we move on.

    hummmm, something that has not mentioned with the mother's blog. Let us address the elephant. There is a lot of reference to Ernesto in these blogs, feel free to discuss.

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  5. OOOh, OOOh, I know the answers, I know the answers--ask me! I posted about him a couple of days ago, too--shall I do another one? :)

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  6. Ahhh, the elephant in the room. He's a cute little elephant! Please introduce the elephant - inquiring minds want to know!

    Love ya!

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  7. oh good grief! Ernesto is so much fun and he is very attentive. The most fun we have is Kareoke. I am now the one that sings Jabayla and Delta Dawn - we sing several old country songs together...Step Right up...Come on in...if you want to take the grand tour....and hello darlin'...and on a train bound form nowhere...please release me let me go...i can't help falling in love with you...blue eyes crying in the rain... he sings the verses and i help? sing the choruses. it is a blast. I have several new friends in the kareoke crowd. So what else do you want to know about the elephant?

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  8. Oh geez! We're just yanking your chain! You know the family will pick on you every chance they get! But, seriously, he IS a cute little fella!

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