Baby Levi and his parents left today. We decided that we would have an early breakfast for all the Green Door people so we could say goodbye to them and they would not have to worry about last minute dish washing, etc. Our friend John also left today, so it worked out fine. We just had boiled eggs, cereals, apple things made from puff pastry and some bananas. We will miss them. Susan will leave in a couple of weeks, but Christine will be here most of the summer. We now have enough silverware and bowls that they do not have to bring their own.
This afternon I had to go into school with Del because they were having a little ceremony regarding the books he brought for the library. He was not aware that he had to make a little speech, and I certainly did not know that he was going to call on me to make one also. I just thanked everyone for making us feel so welcome and their kindness and all. Del did a good job of talking about the Fulbright program and the fact that most of the books were a gift from the United States to their library. There were various other people from the school and his class who made little talks, and the Associate Dean, a young woman who is in my advanced class made a nice little talk thanking me, and we both got beautiful flowers.
Tomorrow night we go to the evening of reading at the regional library. It's part of the Library Week celebration. We were told to bring something to read. The thing goes on at least to midnight, and possibly all night. I didn't quite understand that. We'll let you know.
We have heard a little about the storms in Virginia, Alabama and so forth. Our great niece 'Emma posted a
picture on FB of the sky over Farmville that gave me chills. Thankfully, Longwood was not hit. Alabama was again hit hard. We lived in Huntsville when a tornado hit, and while it was devastating, it could have been so much worse if it had hit during the school day. Only the after care program kids were there and they were taken to a safe area by their teachers and some painters who were working here. Some parents were killed and injured in the school parking lot and the school was demolished. I don't remember how many people were killed or injured. I remember that a speech therapist who had been my supervisor when we both worked in outpatient rehab was in her second floor office reception area with a client when it struck. Her therapy room was hit, but the phone kept ringing and ringing. She crawled to the doorway and was able to drag the phone by it's cord. It was her husband telling her he had heard that a tornado was headed her way. She could look out behind her desk where the wall should have been and see that it had landed on her car. She and her client had only a few scrapes. Fortunately, they had just left that therapy room. because the therapy table was gone.
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