Ru's last (full) semester begins...

I can feel it, we're both taking a deep breath right about now. The dreaded Sunday evening before the start of another busy semester. Tonight, when we put Kyle to bed, Ru explained to him what was going on and how this week would be much different from the previous weeks we've had while on break. Kyle really seemed to get it. He hugged Papa and answered him at all the right times and even got sad, noting the word "go" and the seriousness of his papa's voice. After I nursed him, he tried a few of his recent tricks to get me to bring him out into the living area. This time, he added "Papa" to the list. Somehow, Ru heard and the two shared another tender time before the lights went out. It was too adorable to describe properly.

A great deal of our excitement over this "last" semester has been snuffed out. (Is "snuffed" a word or am I typing too late at night?) It's too long and complicated to explain, but as a result of some circumstances that don't even relate to Rudy, sadly, he'll have one more class to take in the fall and won't be graduating this May after all. As disappointed as we are, we're trying to take it in stride and who knows, the program finally got approved to be a Doctorate, so maybe there'll be time now to squeeze in a few extra units to get that done sooner than we thought. Whatever the case, I'm proud of Rudy's attitude.

His 11 classes for this semester (for our journaling purposes) are:

• Advanced Orthopedic Physical Therapy Lecture and Lab
• Management of Geriatric Population Lecture and Lab
• Management of Patients with Prosthetics and Orthotics Lecture and Lab
• Management of Pediatric Population Lecture and Lab
• Heath Care Issues II
• Neurologic Clinical Decision Making
• Pro Bono Outpatient Neurologic Clinic

Go Ru, Ru! Go Ru, Ru...