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AngelSpeak

A huge file preceded the new little girl who came to our school this week. She is only five years old, and according to the paperwork she has an infinite checklist of issues.

One being that she can only speak one word at a time.

I got to meet her on Wedesday. She is a beautiful child. Angelic in look and demeanor. We spent about 45 minutes painting together. It was wonderful.

Thursday, in a room adjoining the principal's office, we were peacefully playing with a puppet practicing "ThankYou's" and "You'reWelcome's."

The principal keeps her pet dog with her at school, and as it was time for Hazel's daily walk, she began to whine and whimper loudly from her crate.

Suddenly, this dainty, clear-eyed, darling child looked up from the pile of plastic squares we'd been sharing and says:

"HolyShit!Whatwasthat?"

rainbows, ponies and buttercups :)

New title..

Earlier this month I interviewed for a different Special Ed. position in the same school I worked in last year. The principal asked, "Why do you want this job?" I answered and she said, "You're hired."

But then she added, "We'd like to hire you for an additional four hours a week to be the IT person also"

ha!

I tried to decline. This is an all Mac school and every 5th-8th grader has their own laptop. I'd been peripherally involved in the Maine Learning Technology Initiative from its beginnings when I worked in Pembroke, but really, all I know about Macs is what I learned from students.

I said yes anyway, and today was introduced to the closet that runs the entire school.

Do I need to point out the parallel?

Do you think Sheldon might come out and play. . .

or comment...
or even just look/read?

the roof... the roof

For the past three days, Peter and Hannah have been re-roofing that roof right there...and installed the long awaited skylights that have been stored in the basement for years. Yes, years!

I was on the ground in charge of clean-up (more to do today, as seen above) and Madeline and Isaac were conveniently away during all the 'work.'

The skylights are in Peter's and my bedroom which has been windowless for most of the 20 years we've lived here. It feels like a whole new world in there now, complete with more dusty corners than I suspected.

I wanna wander

A few days ago my friend Mim, a scientist for the CDC, invited me to accompany her next time she goes to the UK for business....and then added that, I'd be doing her a mitzvah if I accepted her FF miles to go without her if our schedules clash, because as she says she has "more FF miles than God."

I have a few connections in London, but mostly have been craving like crazy to go somewhere...SOMEWHERE.

No definite times yet..but I am very excited.

Spike

It's just gravity and intertia messing with his

hang-down lips and floppy ears.

He's big...REALLY big, but goofy pup....who happens to shed. ALOT!

Vacationland

Madeline spent her summer in Bar Harbor working her ass off; three sails a day, 6 days a week on the Margaret Todd.

Hannah, Isaac and I went to pick her up last weekend and did a bit of touristing around while we were there.
Including an evening sail on Madeline's schooner

and a trip to the top of Cadillac Mountain.

Happy Birthday Sue!!!!

we love you!

Hannah brought home a kitten

Spike likes her and we do too.
She doesn't have a name yet.
Any ideas?