Week 4, Tuesday

It was another rainy day.  We don't get many rainy days in Spain.  We do get some terrific thunder storms though.  I don't know why, but the thunder seems way louder here than it was in Canada.  Sometimes it sounds like a bomb is exploding right on top of you.

There was rain today, but no thunder storm.  All day I was anticipating my meeting with the director and elementary school principle to discuss what Ciara's new schedule will look like.  The meeting was at 3pm and so all day Ciara was a little on edge.  We had to move around our schedule, so she was having a hard time focusing during her Discovery session this afternoon.

I thought the meeting went well, they proposed a good schedule that would have Ciara attending classes after lunch every day with the 5th grade class.   There were a few classes that probably wouldn't make much sense for her to attend on Monday and Tuesday, so I proposed that she come to school Wednesday through Friday afternoons.  The Director wasn't sure if this was enough to qualify as attending school at ASB.   He is going to check with the school lawyers and will get back to us on Friday.

So it's more waiting and wondering.  4 weeks of researching, inquiring, pleading, negotiating and stressing, just to get a document that says Ciara is registered in school, so that we can renew our residency cards.  Bob's company is pressuring us to get the documents  ready to be submitted as it could take months to complete the process.

I am just going to try to do the best I can until we know for sure what Ciara will be doing for the rest of the school year.  I hate having this unsettling feeling: the fact that we can't comply with the law and we can't not comply with the law.