In the meantime.

[gateslacker]

Well, I am heading to the library this morning to work on my last write-up before the comprehensive write up. Sunday, I have the last big exam before the comprehensive final. It seems this semester is rather short because it all works out for me to be finished by December 2nd. Of course, if I get on the ball, I could be completely finished much earlier. You all know me....what are the odds of that? Next semester I start precepting so there is a ton of paperwork to have completed for that. Yikes! From now on that is what I will be doing along with each class. Though I want to be done, I am not looking forward to being even more overloaded. The clinical hours in addition to the ongoing assignments and discussion boards is definitely going to send me over the edge. I'm trying to look at it as four more semesters (and not December 2010!) If only I could quit my job and commit to full time school. Sigh.

I am still having some issues with regard to pictures even though they all uploaded for everyone else. I am positive something must have corrupted the thing so I am in the process of slowly getting them from all of the people who uploaded them previously. (There's, like, 700 pics with several vids to wade through and organize/edit/delete)

In the meantime, Amber has a blog with some pics at the Lifeline site. I thought I would link you to that if you are interested.

http://missionlifeline.blogspot.com/

And on a completely side note, our favorite restaurant reopened yesterday. We had Brianna's 6th birthday celebration there.

Comments

[rosiewook.livejournal.com]

You are just so amazing. Here you have all of this stuff on your plate, yet you take the time to go help those people. How interesting! (And those mud cookies break my heart.)

You'll get through all the school. It will happen.

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

I am amazing.. amazingly stupid for having too much going on and being lazy about doing any of it. Now I've agreed to be in the Christmas play, even though I cannot act and have a fear of public performance of any kind, because she needed one more person. In all fairness, the trip did fall in a lull week, even though I could have been getting ahead that week instead of traipsing off to Haiti. I gripe continually about school because I am so tired of it, yet I have invested too much time and money to quit now. Of course, alot of my panic is my own fault, too, as I tend to procrastinate more and more as the semester wears on.

The mud cookies are so sad. We tried to bring some back to show but they ended up all smashed.

[de23.livejournal.com]

Yay you! Thanks for sending the blog link. I am heartbroken about that little boy. Will he be ok?

Good luck getting through the school crunch time. After Dec 2nd we can make some holiday plans, ok?

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

You are such a busy lady. I really admire you for that and for all the energy you put into your Haiti experience. I look forward to seeing some of the material in person come spring.

When you have a few minutes please email and let me know when I might call you. It's been a long time since we've spoken :)

Ruralstar

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

The little boy made me cry. I wanted to take him home with me! They do send severely malnourished babies to the hospital in Port au Prince at times and the mission pays the bill. This baby hadn't reached that critical point, yet. We gave them some food but, really, that is only a temporary thing. Helping folks in the mountain villages is something they are working on but it is way more difficult. I got the impression that the only way to get to some of these places is on foot and that it takes several hours to even get to the closest village. I told Amber to keep an eye out for baby Gilbertson for me. I did not have high hopes for his future. :(

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

I sent you an e-mail. Today would be good but I know that may be too short notice. You may not have the time today.