Thursday, May 29, 2008

29May2008: Day 5 - Rain central

Ok so they tell Chris at work that this area is normally the driest spot in England. If that is true then the rest of the country must be a swamp because it hasn't stopped drizzling for more than a couple hours since we got here. Teri went out with Makenna again and walked to a Library, but the children's section was down a flight of stairs and she was pushing a stroller so she decided to go to the Maidstone Museum. She managed to walk around a little bit, but it was hard to look at anything for more than a moment because Makenna was on the move constantly. They had old war memorabilia and some large paintings that were interesting, but not to Makenna of course.

bb bb fggfxdxfdd zzxz <--- Makenna says hi!

She is on my lap right now as I type and she is very nervous and quiet. She is about to go to bed and she knows it. We're not really used to this because she always used to love to go to bed, now, she doesn't resist necessarily, but she is very nervous.

Chris met with the HR person today to get a cash advance...they only pay monthly (on the 24th) and it is worked out to be expensive to pull money out of the bank at home. So, they are arranging something. We also discussed extending our time in the temporary housing here and they are ok with that. I also asked wether or when I will be changing cars. I'm sure they will need to give this thing an oil change and I wanted to see if I could get a better gas mileage car. This is a small car and it is only getting 23-25 mpg...and these gallons are 20% bigger than ours - Imperial Gallon. So, I don't want to drive this one much longer.

So we thought we would get out to Costco today, but of course I got home late so we ended going to New Orleans restaurant and got horrible service. But, Makenna really liked her pasta though she can deal with the wait for her meal, so we always have to take her for a walk. Anyway, we won't be going there again any time soon...the food was just ok. I get out of work tomorrow at 1:00 I hope, so I'm hoping to get a haircut (wasn't able to make time before we left) and get our new check book from the bank and then go to Costco.

2 comments:

C..... said...

I wrote you a nice long comment and lost it. Anyway, hope that everything gets better really soon. It has to. C.....

gonz13261 said...

Wow, what a shock! We didn't hear about your trip. We were looking forward to seeing when in NY, but we'll have to do it when you return. Have a great adventure! We look forwarded to reading all about it!

Frank, Ronda, Amanda, Kayla, Emily, Daniel and Grace