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Published: August 27th 2008
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The kids
aww, just hanging out on my bed together. Well, it's bedtime now, 11:15 pm here. I'm still a little messed up on the times for sleeping, waking up, etc. I have an annoying habit of waking up at 3AM here so I thought I'd stay up longer tonight in hopes to sleep 'normally'.
to make sure we are fully acquainted with everyone talked about in this blog - here is the breakdown:
Dave - dad
Lynne - mom
luke - 17 yr old son of dave's (who, by the way, does his own thing)
Alex - 9
Rhiannon - 5
I am not feeling too homesick as of yet, of course I miss Richard like crazy, my phone chats with Katie/Chris and seeing everyone that lives local to me but as my mom told me, 'it feels like a whole other world'. With the internet craze and phone cards that make calling rates reasonable, I can talk or write to my heart's content. The physical side of it is different but I get lots of hugs from the kids which is cool. oh, i must mention that I also have unlimited access to the country online radio station, yahoo.
Today we played on the Webkinz website, I brought Rhiannon a toy and we set up her profile last night. This is the highlight of Alex and Rhiannon's day for now. They seem to be quite obsessed with the games (which I have to admit are addictive). I get them to do the more educational stuff on the site just to keep them doing something worth all that time. I later took them to the cinema, watched Mama Mia which they both seemed to enjoy. I was a bit overwhelmed with the prices, it cost about $40 cad for me and 2 kids under 10! The snacks were nearly $20 on top of that and all we had were 2 drinks, 1 bag of chips and a bit of candy. Even in the sometimes expensive taste for Canadians, I thought it was a ton. HIgh School Musical 3 is coming out in October so I am quite sure we will be attending that, Rhiannon for one is obsessed with the show! We took some time to go through clothes and toys to get a bit of organization to their room. Alex was good about cleaning out things that don't fit but Rhiannon seems to be attached to almost everything because so and so gave it to her, guess we have that in common. I might end up not being a pack rat after this trip! Otherthan that, we just went for a little walk and had a bite to eat, Alex made dessert of cookies, oranges and ice-cream, quite good!
I took a bit of time for myself tonight so after dinner I did a bit of emailing, went for a good run and chatted with Lynne for a bit. I phoned mom and got some info on things back home. I got a good phone card so I can really talk whenever i want, i checked with L and D and they were cool with me keeping a phone in my room because apparently they barely use it anyhow....another bonus.
The kids start school on Wednesday next week. We are really in no set routine now but I do look forward to having one. I am not officially working this week, basically just hanging out to get my bearings, very thoughtful of the Evans. L and D are really cool, I do feel like a part of the family and they are really relaxed, I am going to learn flexibility in this experience. I am so used to a more structured life, office hours or shift hours but this is just life, crazy every day goings on.
Tomorrow I will be learning more on the housework end of things, how to use the appliances in this place. We are also going to check out Alex and Rhiannon's school on the bus route so I know where I am supposed to go next week. Lynne works in the middle east 2 weeks per month and leaves later next week so I will only have her help one day when the kids go back for real. Apparently I almost found their school because when I went for a run tonight, I got farther than they expected. Oh, I also found a very cool duck park/pond in the middle of some homes. It is so beautiful and peaceful, very green - needs some flowers but still nice. I will get a picture for the blog for you, it's definately a Chloe friendly spot.
Well, you are probably thinking I type as much as I often talk, will let you rest your eyes, keep you posted later. C
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