Well, the day has finally come. Manolis went back to Crete today until early October. We’re toying with the idea of going to visit in Sept or so, but I’m not sure we can afford it. We’re going to remodel the kitchen and of course that’s turning out to be more expensive than it started… Sure was tough leaving Manolis at the airport, for all of us. It even seems like Maria knows what’s up. She was very sweet and cuddly all day today, slept all afternoon, then seemed sad or angsty this evening as we went to the airport. She must know I’m typing about her, I just heard her yelling back in her bedroom. Hmmmm, maybe we might be sleeping together tonight afterall! Let’s just hope the next 5 months passes by with no great disasters. Manolis said maybe Maria will walk up to him at the airport when he returns; wouldn’t that just be something!
Tomorrow it’s back to work to monitor/evaluate a class, then EARLY Thursday morning, the princess and I are headed up to Oregon for some girl time. It will be our 10th JCND anniversary!! (just chicks no dicks) It will be Maria’s 4th (her first was when I was about 4 months pregnant with her). We still need to get her glasses, plus a functional vision assessment, plus visit 1 or 2 classrooms before May 15 when the occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech therapist, school psychologist, and head of preschool special ed will descend on our house and evaluate Maria. Gulp! We see all her progress and think she’s doing so great, but when she’s “judged” against her peers by people who don’t know her, well, let’s just say they tell me things that no mother should have to hear. Never a dull moment.