So today was another work day for Chris and he was busy all day. He received a call from the realtor and she is setting up viewings for next Tuesday. She showed us a listing yesterday for a place with a pool close to work and we were all excited about it, but apparently it is under contract now. They will let us know if it falls through. So, well, we've been looking online quite a bit as has the realtor and she has discovered the reason why Chris didn't do this on his own - there aren't many furnished places online in the price range we want. Apparently, they have no better vision than we do into this problem, so we're wondering what benefit they bring to the table aside from doing the setting up the appointments and such, but we guess that frees us from some work. Anyway, we will be looking next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday or some such thing. So hopefully we will find something.
Teri went for another walk with Makenna today to try to find a park. She managed to find an empty field where she thought the park would be and it started raining more so she decided to return. She has been experimenting with the clothes washer and it doesn't even come close to comparing to our machine at home. This thing basically does 3 pairs of jeans max and it take 2.5 hours to complete. So we will be constantly doing clothes. Also, there is no dryer so we have to hang everything, so we have clothes draped everywhere right now trying to dry. Teri tried hanging my jeans out to dry, but it was misting and they basically got more wet. Teri is quite upset with the situation, so we will probably move from this place to another since we will likely be in temporary housing for at least another two weeks we think.
Makenna went to sleep more easily tonight, but she was very tentative about it. Almost crying when she had to go up. She misses her own room terribly. It is quite heartbreaking to see her so upset and scared. She was ok though once she got up there and Teri read her a book or two or three...
We got a cell phone for Teri from my work today. It's an old phone, but now she is connected and Chris can get a hold of her now, which is good. Chris hooked up the GPS to his phone through bluetooth today, so now he can make and receive hands free calls to people while he is in the car.
Food is becoming a problem, you don't really have large fridges here, everything is small, like half the size your would have in the US. Teri made salad and spaghetti today and she didn't have enough bowls and pans and such to do much more than that. This place is just not that well stocked.
Anyway, it is late again. We are thinking of going to Costco tomorrow which is a Sam's club type place. We can get some bulk items, but we are already going to have to rent a "lorrie" (truck) to get us out of here, or take 5 trips. Oh well.
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