It's been a month since I have last written.
And clearly the break has not boosted my creative title making abilities.
Oh, well. The world keeps spinning and all of you can keep rolling your eyes at the ridiculousness.
It's been a month and alot has happened. I have found myself thinking about how much I need to share, but there has just not been time!
The girls' nap time was up 10 minutes ago, but since they are still sleeping I will try and steal a moment to be still and collect some thoughts.
Let's revisit February and March via a list, shall we?
1.) My birthday happened. It was a bit of a let down. Ian had to work late and I was stuck inside the hotel all day by myself with two stir crazy girls. Then, because nothing had been planned, I chose to go out to eat and Ian was able to meet us just in time. I cried that night that we didn't have any birthday cake.
Just being honest with you!
Ian redeemed the oversight with an ice cream cake the next day.
2.) Ian's visa came through, which meant we could begin house hunting!
3.) We found a house! And signed a contract! And moved into the house!
4.) Everything fell apart and my dryer caught on fire.
5.) We've been in the house for 2 weeks and every box is unpacked (quite an accomplishment,) most of the curtains have been hung, and some of the pictures/art has been put up.
6.) Then, our house flooded. Yes, I know we live in the desert. But wouldn't you know it, the one storm we get a year happened just days after we finished unpacking and rolling out the new carpets. Lucky for us, our friends were here and they helped us as we ran around stuffing towels everywhere and catching rain in trick or treat buckets.
It's just the way things are here! The houses are not built to deal with rain. Luckily, no damage was really done and everything is drying out. Including the fifty cardboard boxes that were stacked outside awaiting disposal.
7.) I've started looking into preschool for Grace. And subsequently had several panic attacks about not providing the best for her and how she is going to be so behind her peers. Kindergarten is split into two parts here and the first one can be started at 3.5 years old! She is just not ready for full time school and I don't think that it would be the best thing for her. Luckily a friend explained the system to me and I think I have it figured out- Grace could start the second part of Kindergarten when she is 4.5 OR when she is 5.5 without doing the first part. Phew. Now to figure out how to afford a private school education! Public isn't an option here (locals only,) and I just do not feel called to homeschool her.
8.) I'm just a couple of weeks away from starting back to my Arabic language study! I'm excited to see progress and hoping to meet some goals during this term!
Yup, all of that happened in the last month and the girls are still sleeping. Time to sit still and be quiet for a few more minutes!
And clearly the break has not boosted my creative title making abilities.
Oh, well. The world keeps spinning and all of you can keep rolling your eyes at the ridiculousness.
It's been a month and alot has happened. I have found myself thinking about how much I need to share, but there has just not been time!
The girls' nap time was up 10 minutes ago, but since they are still sleeping I will try and steal a moment to be still and collect some thoughts.
Let's revisit February and March via a list, shall we?
1.) My birthday happened. It was a bit of a let down. Ian had to work late and I was stuck inside the hotel all day by myself with two stir crazy girls. Then, because nothing had been planned, I chose to go out to eat and Ian was able to meet us just in time. I cried that night that we didn't have any birthday cake.
Just being honest with you!
Ian redeemed the oversight with an ice cream cake the next day.
2.) Ian's visa came through, which meant we could begin house hunting!
3.) We found a house! And signed a contract! And moved into the house!
4.) Everything fell apart and my dryer caught on fire.
5.) We've been in the house for 2 weeks and every box is unpacked (quite an accomplishment,) most of the curtains have been hung, and some of the pictures/art has been put up.
6.) Then, our house flooded. Yes, I know we live in the desert. But wouldn't you know it, the one storm we get a year happened just days after we finished unpacking and rolling out the new carpets. Lucky for us, our friends were here and they helped us as we ran around stuffing towels everywhere and catching rain in trick or treat buckets.
It's just the way things are here! The houses are not built to deal with rain. Luckily, no damage was really done and everything is drying out. Including the fifty cardboard boxes that were stacked outside awaiting disposal.
7.) I've started looking into preschool for Grace. And subsequently had several panic attacks about not providing the best for her and how she is going to be so behind her peers. Kindergarten is split into two parts here and the first one can be started at 3.5 years old! She is just not ready for full time school and I don't think that it would be the best thing for her. Luckily a friend explained the system to me and I think I have it figured out- Grace could start the second part of Kindergarten when she is 4.5 OR when she is 5.5 without doing the first part. Phew. Now to figure out how to afford a private school education! Public isn't an option here (locals only,) and I just do not feel called to homeschool her.
8.) I'm just a couple of weeks away from starting back to my Arabic language study! I'm excited to see progress and hoping to meet some goals during this term!
Yup, all of that happened in the last month and the girls are still sleeping. Time to sit still and be quiet for a few more minutes!
2 comments:
Wow, it sounds like you've had a busy couple months! I'm glad the flood didn't damage your house.
busy, busy, busy! Congrats on the new house, but bummer about the flooding!
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