I’m missing another sister’s birthday. (Sigh) Wish I could be there to sing, make angel food cake (that’s what we always had on Ape’s b-day), and whoop it up with the rest of the fam. I’m sure they won’t have trouble celbrating without me!
I’m in Homer now, and it is GORGEOUS! My hotel is at the end of the spit, and my room has a balcony overlooking the beach and the ocean… mountains rest right behind the water. Work has gone well the past couple of days. Implementation gets better each time I visit, and I’m happy that the schools continue to progress. I have to stop and remember that they’re really only seven months into the process. They’re going to get great! Today we were at a Russian Old Believer school. The children are so beautiful! They speak Russian at home and come to Kindergarten with very limited English. The girls and women all wear the traditional home-sewn dresses. I want one! The women wear bonnets, and all the girls have long braids. It’s so amazing that this little place even exists and I’d not known about it prior to this year!
Anyway… tomorrow is a team meeting. Thursday my boss and I fly out to Nanwalek (a neighboring village), and I’ll head off to Anchorage later that evening. It’s a full week, but I’m happy to be here right now. Things in Unalakleet were getting way too crazy with all the Iditarod stuff.
So – everybody e-mail or call April to wish her a happy 27th!!! And don’t hesitate to drop me a line either. 🙂 I miss you!
Sounds like you were the first one to wish April a “happy birthday!”
Take some pictures of the beautiful children. You know me well enough to know I’m always trying to keep tabs on you through your blogs.
I miss you very much, Erin. I love you lots, too!
Mom
Thanks again for all the bday stuff….. I will be out at the lake again this weekend, so i will get to see the flowers.
I am trying to send you my beautiful artwork today. Watch for it in the mail.
I can’t believe i am fricken 27. I only have 6 more short years on earth.
love you