We are soooo loving being "home"!!! Sleeping on a combination of borrowed and bought mattresses on the floor, we spent our first night in our new home. We are so thrilled to be at our final destination that we don't even care that we have no furniture. Windows open, breeze blowing through, and... mosquitoes! Yikes! Guess I assumed that since no one had screens on their windows there mustn't be mosquitoes... WRONG! This is the only negative comment I have so far. Even the wild party that was going on across, diagonally from our house was not going to destroy our delight at being home at last. Billy, on a jog this morning, learned from a neighbor that this was not a regular happening. Glad for that.
Yesterday we had a "long Italian lunch" with 2 other couples, the husbands of which Billy will be working with. Lunch was amazing!!! Smoked salmon (which even Kaigan liked!!!), marinated shrimp, various salads of fresh veggies, potato salad and beef tenderloin, completed with champagne to toast our arrival.
Yesterday we also received our picnic table with benches and 2 chairs for the ends which Billy and Kaigan assembled. Now I need only do some major grocery shopping and we can put them and the new grill to good use.
Billy and Kaigan moved most everything from the loaner hospital houses to our house, save for the dirty clothes. I'm actually at the hospital house as I type, washing laundry. Our washer and dryer will be delivered Wednesday, I think. We also have no Internet yet at home so to blog and facebook I have to stop over here. It is literally less than 5 minutes from our house by car so that will be Billy's commute, though he plans on going by bike most days. That is, once our belongings arrive... in late April...
In my last post, I mentioned how things aren't as expensive as we had feared. Well, I do need to amend that statement... Some food is rather more expensive, milk in particular. Will post some prices in days to come. Not all food is, however. Today I came across 2 lovely loaves of french baguettes for $3. And they weren't just your run of the mill bread. They were New Orleans quality, poboy worthy, french bread!!! We couldn't find as good of bread in Kentucky! Love it!!! You N'Awlins folks know it's good when the roof of your mouth is raw after you've eaten it!!! Had a wonderful, shaved, roasted chicken sub on it for lunch. There really isn't much turkey here, and none deli-sliced.
Tomorrow I'll be visiting some schools to try to get the kids settled in by the end of the week. They are so ready. I AM SO READY!!! Mikaylie, Will and Brylie will all be wearing uniforms. I'm thrilled about that and they don't mind either. Unfortunately, the primary school does not do uniforms. That's fine for Graham but I so wanted Nani in a uniform to avoid the daily I-have-nothing-to-wear drama. Yes, she is 6!!! Oh well.
Mikaylie is still enjoying the company of Bernadette and Stephanie. Today they went to the beach, had fish and chips for lunch and watched a movie at the Linas' house.
Brylie and Nani have become fast friends with a precious, little, 9-year-old girl, Jordan. They are getting on famously and she lives right next door!!! Both her mum and I are delighted they have each other. And since the previous residents of our house had three boys, it's a treat for Jordan as well.
I know I'll think of a hundred other things I should have mentioned when I go home to no Internet. I'll keep the updates coming.
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