We have about 11 days to go before returning! We are all ready to be home and in our "normal" routines. I use the term loosely as there is very little normal out there it feels like (= Every week seems different in some respect.
Anyway, I'm in the zone of still being hopeful about my do-list and yet ready to strike the things that are not essential. I am loving seeing all our Colorado friends! This is a beautiful state, really.
The kids are doing pretty well with Tom gone. The first night at dinner we started to sing our dinner blessing and Layla just put her head down and started crying for daddy. She is SOOO tenderhearted and connected to her daddy.
Ryan is basically happy and bouncy all the time. He talks frequently about Tom being on an airplane because I don't know how to explain a "trip" to him. Guess he doesn't think it is weird for Tom to be on a plane for 9 days straight. That would be miserable on so many levels!
I'm trying to sort through what we actually NEED over there and what is just nice to have and what is just wooing me through lovely american consumerism and the bright lights and clean, wide aisles of Target. Near Dubai we can get all sorts of designer stuff and super cheap JUNK from China and not much in the middle. If IKEA doesn't sell it, there is no middle of the road option. Very irritating situation indeed.
Anyway - in the midst of all this, my sister and brother in law have gotten us hooked on Downton Abbey. What a fun show (= I consider it a Victorian version of Dallas. Lots of family drama and inter-relationships and family dynasty questions! In fact, I'll probably go down and watch one now!
Anyway, I'm in the zone of still being hopeful about my do-list and yet ready to strike the things that are not essential. I am loving seeing all our Colorado friends! This is a beautiful state, really.
The kids are doing pretty well with Tom gone. The first night at dinner we started to sing our dinner blessing and Layla just put her head down and started crying for daddy. She is SOOO tenderhearted and connected to her daddy.
Ryan is basically happy and bouncy all the time. He talks frequently about Tom being on an airplane because I don't know how to explain a "trip" to him. Guess he doesn't think it is weird for Tom to be on a plane for 9 days straight. That would be miserable on so many levels!
I'm trying to sort through what we actually NEED over there and what is just nice to have and what is just wooing me through lovely american consumerism and the bright lights and clean, wide aisles of Target. Near Dubai we can get all sorts of designer stuff and super cheap JUNK from China and not much in the middle. If IKEA doesn't sell it, there is no middle of the road option. Very irritating situation indeed.
Anyway - in the midst of all this, my sister and brother in law have gotten us hooked on Downton Abbey. What a fun show (= I consider it a Victorian version of Dallas. Lots of family drama and inter-relationships and family dynasty questions! In fact, I'll probably go down and watch one now!
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