Two days later...

It's been a whirlwind here!

Tuesday was a pretty normal day at the library. We both went early and did stats and such, then worked on a new display of staff picks. We're even trying to get the cleaners and gardeners to pitch in.

I elected to go back in the afternoon to see what the WordWorks class looks like when staff teaches. I chatted with the staff in charge while we waited for the kids and was disappointed to find out they did no teaching or lesson planning--just handed out word find puzzles. That's too bad. WordWorks will only be sustainable if staff takes ownership, number one, and also if they engage the kids. Not surprisingly, the kids didn't show up that afternoon. The students talk to each other, so if it wasn't fun, they might not have come for that reason. Also, they're writing exams this week, so they must be exhausted.

Yesterday we headed to Gabs for some business and met for lunch with Angelina and Ethelene to discuss the internship. We stayed with Angelina last night and had a good time socializing and talking about the program with Ethelene. She has been an enormous help, and her visit has been better than I could have even predicted.

This morning we got up very early and fought traffic to get to BNLS, where we managed a meeting with the director of BNLS. A big deal! Several other BNLS officers came, too. We talked about the program, some about challenges, and a lot about what we have been doing. I think she was impressed, and she's going to try to squeeze in visits to us before we leave, despite her very busy schedule talking to parliament and speaking at library openings. It seemed, in my short visit, that she's very capable, very smart, and very intuitive. We had a quick cup of tea and headed off.

Tomorrow we have an "outing" to a game reserve with Ethelene before she heads back to the US. We'll miss her!