Hyphens! Bullet Points! Exclamation Marks!

To all who are wondering about the nitty-gritty-nuts-and-bolts status of our work, here is a bullet-point-style update. Forgive the overuse-of-hyphens-in-this-intro:

• The afterschool program is temporarily closed. We are working with apartment management to get the mold cleaned up. We stopped in the other day to hang out with the kids, and they understand the situation. Hopefully their grades won't slip too far.
• We are staying with Ruthie's mom in Lawrenceville until the mold is dealt with. The new maintenance supervisor is a Godsend, but this stuff takes time.
• Ruthie and I are both battling residual sickness from the mold and/or the ultramarathon and/or the stress of our life recently. We can't seem to get healthy and stay that way for more than a few hours at a time.
• Our newsletter is written, and it will be sent out next week.
• Refugee Beads continues to thrive, with new partnerships built, a new member, and a whole big pile of events coming up. We should be adding another bio to the artisans page in the next few weeks!
• Our Buick is still in the shop getting its transmission rebuilt. We thankfully report that our trusty Plymouth Acclaim, despite its constant complaints and hiccups, is getting us around in the meantime.

Okay, well there's much more, but that should be enough to keep our ravenous readers at bay for now.