So,
My first week and a half in Chicago was pretty tough. And Monday was worst of all. It was my birthday and I was away from my family and from my friends. I talked to my dad on the phone that day and then cried right afterward for like 10 minutes. But then Wednesday was great. And so was the rest of the week. I was really worried about seeing one child in particular because the week before hadn’t gone well. He wouldn’t do anything the first session. But he was great last week. And after I was done with all my kids on Friday, I had a meeting with my supervisor and the heads of Peds. They want me to restructure playgroup. Totally. Right now it’s basically an hour of free play, some random art, and singing. They want me to make it more of a speech group with actual lesson plans and themes. Ugh. Work. Expectations. Super. But I will admit that I am a little excited. I like structure and organization. Also, I might be getting a Polish adult patient.
Um. I went to the giant library downtown today. I wanted to go to the children’s books to start getting ideas for themes. And while I was there you know what I saw? They have Polish children’s books. So that made me think that they must have adult books in Polish too. So I went and asked and I got one. I need to work on my grammar and vocabulary and reading in Polish should be good for that.
Um. I’m getting tired now. I took house pictures this morning and I’ll eventually get around to posting them on facebook.
Night.
-A
