First Week

The first week of school is completed and is in the books.

Sarah had some bumps in the road, but the week went better than we all expected it to for her. Being the new kid along with being different has been a challenge for her especially at lunch time where she has been mainly ignored. The principal of the school has been gracious enough to try and seat her with different groups of kids each lunch period to help her find her niche, but so far the pairings have been unsuccessful. After the principal leaves, the kids stop talking to Sarah and she eats her lunch in silence. We were hoping that Josh would have her lunch, but this is not the case. I am hoping that some brave kiddos will be willing to befriend her. She is desperate for just one person to "see" her as someone worth talking to.

Josh is already sick of getting up for school, but this is certainly not anything new being a senior and all. He seems to like all of his classes except one where the teacher is not a good fit for him. The jury is still out on how he feels about another of his teachers as well. He is doing a great job in the morning and after school making sure Sarah is okay getting off and on the bus and to her first period class. He sees her in the hallway between 4th and 5th period and makes sure to give her a shout out every time they pass by each other. Sarah loves being with Josh at school. She really looks up to him. One of the kids in Sarah's class plays soccer as well, and when he saw Josh walk Sarah into her classroom this young man was amazed that Sarah was his sister and told her that Josh is a legend. Sarah felt pride that she gets to be Josh's little sister. 

Elizabeth had a great first couple of days at school and then was sick Wednesday - Friday. We had some visitors over the weekend who had a sick child. Elizabeth was hanging out with the baby a lot and caught her cold. She ended up with a fever, sore throat, headache, and congestion for the better part of the week/weekend. Except for the congestion she is feeling much better, but I am bummed that she got sick. It seems to have only gotten Elizabeth - which is awesome (not that I am glad that Elizabeth got sick). Because Sarah is on that chemo therapy drug for her MOG she really, really cannot afford to get sick. I was so afraid that she would be down and out the first week of school, but everything seemed to work out that way. 

It has been really nice just having Elizabeth and Andy at home. The dynamic of our day to day has changed so much, but it seems to be for the better. Everyone seems to be exactly where they are meant to be right now.