Fran is on her way today to get her first prescription for glasses. She has been getting to school very early so that she can secure a seat in the front row of her class because of her vision. She can see to read, but anything much beyond 7 or 8 feet starts to get blurry. So this will be a very positive change for her! I will of course put up photos of her in her new glasses as soon as they arrive in about a week.
Meanwhile, her studies are going well and she is busy every waking minute with them. She is just in the middle of her first round of exams for all her classes and seems to have set up an effective system of solo and group study with a small circle of classmates who are equally studious. The last of this round of exams is this coming Tuesday (she has Monday off for Independence Day) in calculus. Of all her teachers, she likes her calculus teacher the best. He is very strict and clear about his demands, and the students must step up or leave the class -- she likes that!
I continue to be amazed by Fran's determination, organization, and resourcefulness. Not being particularly skilled in math, I am in awe of how confident she is in this subject, and how much she seems to actually enjoy it!
It has been very rainy here in Oaxaca for about a week, and we are expecting at least another week of the same. The satellite image shows a huge storm system over southern Mexico extending from the Caribbean to the Pacific. We are soggy! Fran washes all her clothes by hand, but now she is hanging them on the covered part of the utility patio and they turn sour unless she uses my big fan to keep the air circulating. I do look forward to the end of the rain so we can go out and appreciate the brilliant green reward in the landscape!
Can't believe that October is just around the corner!
