creo que no hace ninguna gran error hoy, gracias a Dios

i overslept today...oops! i still can't figure out my dang watch. i only had half an hour to get ready. it was rough. hahaha
i spent a lot of time with jaime today, and it was great. this kid is capable of a lot more than i first thought. he's in his wheelchair most of the time, but when i work with the kids i like to take them out. i feel like they're more comfortable. so anyways i kept him out of his chair for most of the day, and he was like another kid. it was awesome. i could tell that as the day went on his muscles were getting more and more limber, because he couldn't really figure out how to turn the pages of a book in the morning, but by dinnertime, he had it down. he loves to explore, too, which he can't do in his chair. it's a bummer that we can't have all the kids out of their wheelchairs all day, but with the way some of them can move and the size of the room they're in, it just isn't possible. the boys in the other house are having a new one built for them now, and hopefully when that's done jaime can join them. if he's held to a higher standard and interacts with kids who will do that i think he could do a lot.
i realized today too that where i am right now, there isn't a ton of teaching that can be done. i also realized that i'm here for ten months and a whole stinkin' lot will happen in that time. i'm content with spending one on one time with as many of the kids in the big house as i can, and teaching them what i can, when i can. most of them need lots of love and to just be held. some of them could use some behavior modification skills, but most aren't really at a point where learning their colors would improve their quality of life, to put it bluntly.
the kids in the preschool who don't go to school - like the two kids with down's and another with a head injury - would benefit more from what i can give them. we shall see what happens. i love being with the kids in the big house - like i said, they just want to be loved - and really can't believe i've been here for less than 5 days.
the boys and i took a walk after dinner and we got to walk alongside a parked tomato truck and every single one of them just about peed their pants. it's the middle of tomato season, and our street is apparently the halfway point, so at any given moment there are eight to ten semis parked a block away. the boys would be perfectly happy sitting at the gate all day long, waiting for the trucks to move and then waving their hands frantically to get them to honk. it's so fun to be with the boys - teddy is the only one who really talks but they are all just so full of expression. you can tell when they're happy because they freak out, and it's really easy to tell when they're sad, too, but it's easy to cheer them up.
sergio and i were playing the other day, and he brought me inside to listen to music. we must have listened to eres todopoderoso at least 20 times. he just stands there, staring at the speakers, and clapping exactly on beat every time. i have to post a video of him doing it - it's awesome.
hanna, becky, and i just got back from riding the micro to calimax. it was pretty funny. the bus system is so not what i'm used to...there are no stops, you just stand on the side of the road and when a bus honks at you, you either nod your head because you want to get on or look away because you're not waiting for a bus. when you get off, you say bajan and the driver stops. i'm not sure i'll ever get the hang of it...but i'm not supposed to be out alone for awhile so no worries.
the weather has been awesome here...beautiful sunny days and refreshingly cool nights. love it!