WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28th

Last day of February. Running this morning was horrible. There was nasty mushy cold gross slush all over the sidewalks. GRRRR! I went running out by Fredericksberg Have and down Roskildevej. At least I got green lights at the intersections and it was not that cold out. I felt bad a guy was trying to ask me something I think to help move boards over the walkway but I jsut kept running and ignored him.
I went into DIS. We had a guest lecturer for PCD. She talked about inclusion of children with special needs. There is a greater focus on keeping children with needs in the classrooms. Children with physical disabilities are being better integrated than those with social and behavioral problems. She talked about the importance of really getting to know each child and teaching differently based on their needs. Also looking at skills and what the child can do is important instead of looking at deficits.
After that I had lunch with Elizabeth at DIS.
I went to Hirschsprung Samling to look at pictures. They were impressionist and Golden Age time period pics. I really liked them. There were lots of gorgeous landscapes. One neat pic was of the beach with a sulky girl all dressed in warm nice clothes watching boys playing naked in the ocean. In front you can see the sand is all disturbed from a fish market that morning. There were pics by a woman who had no training. They were of sick and blind people becuase they were easier to get to model. I liked these pictures much better than the other ones I've seen. The museum is a private collection of the guy its named after who made money from a tobacco company. After the museam we walked by "Potato Houses." Row houses that immigrants used to live in. Tons can be fit into the area. It is a long row of houses that all ahve to look basically the same. There are restrictions for what colors they can paint etc. They have huge block parties when its nice out. The neighborhood is right near the lake so there is a beautiful view and they get sun either in the morning or afternoon given the side they face.
We had take out pizza for dinner. Much like Sorrento'sish. Sausage, artichokes on one and eggplant and red pepper on the other. Karen and I talked about drinking and partying and how it is different becuase of the laws and social acceptance.
Ida went off to Norway for a conference today. Jens drove her to the airport.