Reality

My grandmother, 97 years of age this past January. When I was speaking to her on the phone she reminded me not to take too long to come back and see her. Less than a month later, her liver is failing and she was not expected to survive past Presidents' Day. I rushed back to the Philadelphia area to say goodbye. The hospital sent her home with hospice care. I stayed and helped my parents (not in good health either) take care of her. "Mom-mom" as we all call her is still hanging on despite her DNR. God Bless Her! My sister who had a brain aneurysm removed last fall was back in the hospital with a staff infection in her incision while I was home. Scary moments. As you can imagine, I am physically back in Japan, but emotionally still in the states.

To ease my burden, I decided to drop 2 of the 5 teachers I have recruited to work with Gaggle. They are from the high school. I have found that with different servers and class schedules, I was having trouble scheduling training times and gathering artifacts. I do not know how effective and reliable my research will be with only 3 subjects....time will tell.