The Lion King

Jorja started her new school today. She was excited, but started getting more nervous the closer we got to her school. As we were walking in, she grabbed my hand and said, "I don't want to go anymore." We went anyway. She is #26 in her class. Wow. A lot more people are in her class here than were in her class in Georgia. I think her class had 15. Stockton's 2nd grade class only had 11.

Jorja said she liked everything except the library. It was smaller and harder to find the books she likes to read. Hopefully she'll become more familiar with it. She also didn't like that they had to run laps. I'm pretty sure that's what she said. At Jorja's old school, they have a PE specialist. His name is J.D. Hughes and he is amazing. He would be a hard act to follow.

Jorja's first day of 2nd grade....take two

About a month ago, I got tickets to take my girls to see The Lion King. I have been so excited about this. Maysen likes The Lion King, but Jorja loves it. She has the music on her ipod and sings the songs all the time. It has been so hard to keep this a surprise from them. I had images of the two of them being completely enthralled in the production. We would dress up, maybe go somewhere special....it was going to be a night to remember. I splurged on these tickets, we sat in the fourth row right in the center.

It was a perfect plan. But, I forgot to take into account 'the folder'. Jorja came home from school and was taking her folder out of her backpack. As she did, she let out a scream of pure agony. I have never heard her sound like that. Frantically I ran and got her some ice. I'm not sure what I thought that was going to do, but I had to do something. I rocked her for about 15 minutes while she sobbed. She couldn't open her eye. I called my friend, Jennifer Wilcox, who is an eye doctor in Georgia. She told me to take her in if she is in that much pain. I was able to get her into a lenscrafters at the mall. I really liked the doctor. He was very good with Jorja. I guess she sliced the top layer of her cornea. Just a little bit, right where her pupal is. The doctor put a blue light on and you could see where she grated her eye off. It was bright green. I was trying not to be sick. I wouldn't make a good nurse. Luckily, her gash only affected the top layer, and that will grow back in a few days. I need to put eye drops in her eyes for five days, than a different kind of eye drops starting on Friday.

Anyway, back to The Lion King. It didn't turn out as I had planned. We went straight from the eye doctor. Jorja couldn't even see to walk to our seats. I was leading her as if she were blind. Thank goodness that isn't the problem. Jorja was in a lot of pain during the entire performance, but she was a trooper. When "I Just Can't Wait to be King" was on, she pried her good eye open and was able to watch a little bit. I can't believe she hurt her eye today! I hope she sleeps well tonight. I'm not sure what we will do about school tomorrow. Hopefully she will feel well enough to go.

Maysen & Jorja at The Lion King