Sam's been off school since last Tuesday and today and tomorrow are holidays. If you are counting, this is an 11 day stretch in which he will have gone to school just once, so we are all pretty much going crazy here.
For Sam, however, it's been a magical stretch of museums, family outings, surprises, and new video adventures. We've done several park trips, visits to the Astronomy and National Science Museums on successive days, various shopping trips, etc. Today he went to with the neighbors' boys to a climbing wall and then to lunch.
I'm still having trouble finding my feet with the start of the semester. I don't know why, but this term has been off to a rocky beginning. I think it's partly just because I'm teaching a lot more and also because I'm aware of how things I hoped will change probably will not change much. And we're also excited about the trip home. My dad has an image about departing pastors "shooting out the window," a metaphor for unloading as you leave a place. The truth is I really like Taiwan a lot, but there are periods that can seem trying. I know most of it is still situational. Emily was already low on sleep and the babies have been terrible. Now I'm up in the middle of the night. I have a cold. Eli is teething. You add it all together and it doesn't lend itself to reasoned analysis.
Otherwise things are coming. Emily and I are both 95% of the way to projects that should be done but are lingering. I'm hoping that the rest of this week goes a bit more smoothly.
I'll try to post some pictures of our exuberant children soon. The science museum was a little stressful for us, but I got some truly wonderful pictures. I do feel lucky to be around such great activities the little ones.
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