It's been a long month +!!! But, last week, we finally moved into our home. It's spacious--more spacious than I expected--and has some pretty fun lighting. Sorry, no pics yet. We just made a trip to IKEA today to get some more furnishings. After everything is looking organized, I promise to post the results. :) I like organizing and making it feel like home. I probably won't go too crazy with decor and such because we're "supposed" (remember the last post...?!) to move into another apartment in December. Right now, our team lives off campus. The campus where we're teaching is only 2 years old and is currently building teacher housing. Once that's finished, I believe we'll move in. We'll see when that happens...
This past week, we've had lots of team meetings as well as lots of time to explore our new town. It's a town of about 300,00--which is a drastic change from the 18 million of Beijing we were just in. It's definitely more slow-paced, which I like. It's also a lot more dusty. I feel like I'm in a constant dust bowl. Nothing stays clean here..not even for a day.
Yesterday we all bought bikes. Josiah even has his own seat! He loves riding in it. Let's hope mommy doesn't crash like I've done a few times before....
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| Not the best pic..but you get the idea. This guy helped put it all together! |
I still don't have cooking down yet. I made pancakes and eggs last week. Tonight, we made green beans & ham, and cornbread. And that's the extent of our meal-making. Everything just takes a LOT more effort here. Nearly everything is made from scratch. Some common items are not available. Figuring out the metric system is not easy. All of this energy...and just for one meal. I'll get a rhythm sooner or later.
Bonus video!
I was dreading this day....the day he found his nose. Ew.
