On Saturday, Caley and I took the
shoppers bus to the mall. We really didn’t need much but it was Mommy and Caley
time. I didn’t take the stroller because I had taken a big bag and a little
trolley for the bag to put the stuff in so that I didn’t have to carry it all.
At first we hung out with Miguel, Sarah and Liam. Ikea has breakfast so a lot
of people eat at Ikea while they wait for other stores to open. We sat with our
friends while they ate breakfast (we had already eaten, but next time we will
try the Ikea breakfast! I helped out our friends while they shopped for a couch
at Ikea. Then Caley and I ventured off and did some shopping at the grocery
store and office supply store. Caley was a trooper and did all the walking with
hardly any complaints! Although bribery with a doughnut sure does work!!! We
had a great time together and enjoyed our alone time!
Caley eating her pizza!
Caley and Liam watching the IPad
On Sunday I started taking an
Arabic conversational class. Interesting to say the least and I have a few
things down but with my Texan twang I’m sure I’m saying things wrong!!! Sabah
Alkhair means “Good Moring” and you reply Sabah AlNour… Keef Halic means, “How
are you” But the best part is learning that if you speak to a lady you say it
this way, to a man another way and yet to a group another way! YIKES!!!! I have
my notes in my purse so that I can check before I decide to try something out!
I attended two classes and will attend two more next week. It’s been fun so
far. Although you don’t need to know much Arabic here because most people speak
English!
I also decided Sunday that Caley
and I would head to the grocery story (to get things I couldn’t get on
Saturday) after I took Macey to school. I went to the commissary to check mail
first and was going to call a taxi only to find out that the phone I had didn’t
have the number in it. So I drove back home looked all over for the number at
the house plus also look for my iPhone which had the number in it. Well never
found my phone till later in the day which one of the girls had put it in one
of my dresser drawers….Finally find the number, called it and then they said
there is no taxi…..should have stopped right there but he said to call in 10
minutes so I did. They sent one out and Caley and I were on a mission to get
food! We go in start in the produce section get lots of fruits and veggies. Got
some bread and then headed to the deli counter. While we were there the lights
went off. No big deal, nobody said anything and we continue our shopping. I go
to check out, called the taxi to come and get me thinking that when I’m
finished checking out they would be there. BUT…there was no one at the
registers…. A guy comes up and says It is break time and it would be at least
15 minutes. What??? I didn’t have that kind of time, I needed to get back
unload groceries and then run and pick up Macey from school. So the guy then
tells me 10 minutes. I told him I couldn’t wait and that my taxi was on the
way. He then says 5 minutes. I said no again and left to leave the store only
to find the door locked and my taxi outside. The same guy gets the keys and we
see the taxi leave but was able to get out to wave the taxi down. I apologized
to him because I left a very full cart of groceries sitting at the counter.
Needless to say I need to check the prayer times although I was in that store
for some time and nobody said anything but the lights did go off (should have
been my clue). Oh the joy of living in the land of sand!!!!
Our car is defiantly testing us.
It died on me after my second Arabic class and luckily it was close to lunch
time so Michael’s principal drove him over to jump the car. We know that there
is something draining the battery but Michael can’t really test it out because
he doesn’t have his stuff here. So in the mean time we were pulling a fuse in
and out to stop a fan that was coming on when the car was shut off. But we
stopped doing that after it died on us again and now we are just disconnecting
the battery. Oh the car saga but hey we paid cash for the car and will be able
to do repairs as soon as Michael’s tools come in!
We keep learning the process of
how things work around here. We have to just bite the bullet and realize that
things happen in their own time and not in our time! “In Shalala! As they say
here, “God willing!” Our most recent issue is getting the girl’s and I’s
igamas (residence cards). We have to
have these items before we can submit our multi entry/exit visas. So, we were
hoping to be able to go to Bahrain over the next break which is on Thursday October
10th and goes until October 19th. It looks like we will
be stuck here! Boo!!!! Unless a miracle happens! But we won’t be the only ones
left behind because it seems that half of the new hire families got their stuff
and the rest didn’t. And because I am not working I am not at the top of the
priority…We will wait and see!
The mom and tots group went well
this week. I read The Very Hungary Caterpillar
then we made caterpillars. We will read the story again next week and make butterflies!
Overall it was fun and the Mom’s enjoyed it to!
The girls got invited to their
first birthday party this week and had a blast playing with the other kids,
eating pizza, popcorn and cake! They even bobbed for apples which didn’t really
turn out very well so they just picked up the apple instead of getting it in
their mouth. The party was a Halloween
themed party. I wished I would have gotten a picture of the girls in their
outfits. I told them to pick something from their dress-up box. Both pick out their
Superman/girl cape. Macey chose to wear her cowboy boots and Caley chose her
Minnie Mouse dress-up shoes/heals! They were a sight but cute!
A funny story from Caley…She has
this little toy, I think it goes to a Minnie Mouse toy, smaller than a dime
purse looking thing. Any ways she tells Michael and I that she can’t find it in
her bed. She went to sleep with it during nap time, don’t worry I was laying
with her. Any ways she tells us it is her Pixie Dust! I found it in her bed and
Michael tells her to put some on her head. She looked at Michael and said in
her very sweet voice, “It’s only for emergencies, Daddy!” Oh she is so serious sometimes!!! But makes us
laugh!
Bonus:
Michael thinks that this must be a baby snake, looks like a worm, but moves like a snake. Girls got a kick out of watching it!
Until next time be blessed!
As’salam Alikum ~ Peace be with you!
The Myers
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