Quick Update...

I have been sick (am doing much better now) with Giardia, a parasite that I picked up while traveling in the mountains in Haiti. Darn it....and I was so careful in regards to what water to drink. But it seems that I probably picked it up when I ate some raw vegetables that might have been washed with contaminated water. When I was not getting better and seemed to be getting more ill by the day, after about one week, I finally went to the doctor. She perscribed two types of antibiotics and within one day, I started to feel better. I am not 100% yet, but I am getting there.

Tamarah is doing really well. She has had an easy transition from life in Haiti to California. The other kids totally love her and it helped that Joshua and Teddy were in Haiti with me for the summer. Tamarah is really bonded to Joshua and me.

All the kids are "fighting" right now on who gets to go back to Haiti with me during the Thanksgiving Week. I have been trying to explain that unless they can travel as a lap-child on the airplane, they cannot go because of the cost of the tickets! Tamarah is going with me because she won't turn two until next January.

Erna's file is held up in IBESR because there was a spelling error on one of the Archive documents. Instead of "la", the word was spelled "le" - which means that the Archive document has to be replaced with a new one. (Isn't it - If it is not one thing, it is another - when it comes to adoptions in Haiti?)

My regular computer is at the "computer doctor" right now and all my Haitian trip photos and kids photos are on that computer. I won't be able to post photos until I get my regular computer back.

Law School has started back in full swing. It was really tough the last two weeks because I have been so ill. But, the good news is that I got my summer semester grades and learned that I got the "highest grade award" with a 4.0 GPA. :-) This means that I finished my first year of law school with an overall GPA of 3.8 --- not bad considering --- LOL

Work has been super hectic since we will be opening the school back up on Tuesday. We have had about 250 new students enroll for the beginning of the school year. My school has many military families that move into the area over the summer and then wait until the last minute to register their kids.... don't they know that we need some time to get ready and prepare? So, last week from one day to the next, with had 50 more students enroll. That is tough on a little elementary school!