12 -15-2010 Day four at home.

Hello from Loveland,
The last four days seem like a blur. I still feel somewhat lightheaded or disoriented at times from the jetlag. Mike, Marie Ling and I have yet to sleep through the night and we are all working on survival mode. I started back to work yesterday after Moeller had a snow day on Monday. I can't say I have been terribly productive at work, but I am grateful for a break from the intensity of being with Marie Ling as this is a really stressful time for her. Also, while I am away from home Mike is getting time to bond with Marie Ling and that is very important. Once we are all home for Christmas break, there will be very little time for one on one connections.

We scheduled an appointment with an eye doctor for Friday afternoon 12/17 to get a prescription for glasses. I want our little one to be able to see as well as she can even though it is likely to be  February by the time we see the opthamologist and get surgery scheduled for her wandering left eye. I also set up for her to have six sessions with a private tutor to give her a boost on learning English. She will start school at Loveland the second week of January and receive some English as a Second Language services then. I am hoping a few lessons will help to make these first few weeks less frustrating for all of us. Her first lesson is Friday morning.

This afternoon we went to the home of some friends from St. Margaret of York. They graciously agreed to let us take some pictures in front of their Christmas tree since we have yet to put up any decorations muchless a tree. Thanks McConnells! Maybe this weekend we will get started on such things...right now I am just too tired! Please keep praying for all of us. Marie Ling has had a lot of tears in the last 24-36 hours, some tears of anger and some tears of sadness. It is easy to understand why she is crying given all that she has lost and all that is new to her. May each day bring her a bit more peace and an increasing sense of security and may each night bring her a longer nights sleep!

Michelle