6/18/13
Santi
never came to the house to pick me up to work on the mural yesterday (I later found out he was both busy and sick), so I spent the time recording the
video of my newest poem, which I'm excited to say is about the Autism
experience and relationship to society. It's really a declaration of
validity and a celebration of identity. Unfortunately I'm having
problems converting the video into a file size that works while
retaining the quality (I've tried like 8 times, and the sound is
always off from the visual! Grr!), so it's still not online yet, but I'm working on it. Then I called a taxi and went to tutor Mateo.
We're now much more focused on story, music, art, and in general,
using the language that he knows. It's a lot of fun. After the
lesson, his parents got home, and they, his grandma, and I (yes, four
adults at once!) tried to help him through his math homework, a page
of very ugly long division problems. I kept wondering if my thought
that some of us needed to back off was an American idea or just a
general efficiency principle; it was kind of crazy with everyone
giving him advice and reminders. Then we went home and after a lot of
failed attempts to get my video online, I went to sleep. It wasn't
the most eventful day, but you need a few slower days once in a
while.
We
tried to call Gloria, the Matute kids' mom, this morning. The first
time, I think she picked up, but the reception was so bad that I
couldn't tell, and the call ended within a few seconds-- I think it
was just lost, I hope she didn't hang up for some reason. Anyway, I
hope this is not a permanent problem, and that our plans to visit
Josue and Jonatan this evening are only slightly delayed. Prayer
warriors unite! :)
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