The view from Anna's room this afternoon when I woke her form her nap.
Anna & I had to go back to the medical commission today so I could get the TB skin test administered. We have to back again on Sunday to get it read. I found it easily on my own and although Anna acted really unhappy (not crying, but maybe a little scared?) being there, she was much better in the car because I made a CD of her songs to listen to. It helps that she has two full nights of sleep under her belt, too!
On our way home from the medical commission, we stopped at the Corniche to do something fun instead of all of the boring stuff I've been making her do. She really liked getting out and looking at the water (very blue and beautiful, but what she loved most was the "sparkly ones" where the sun was reflecting off of the water). She wanted to touch the water, but there is no practical way to get down to do that so I told her that once her water shoes come (air shipment) we can go to a beach and she can touch the water (you are not supposed to go barefoot in the water here). I left my little camera at home with the battery charging, but I'm sure Anna & I will head back again since she seemed to enjoy it a lot.
Anna took an awesome nap today (I took one, too, even though I slept until 4:15 this morning) and then we went out to Johnny Rockets for dinner. Anna loved it; especially the milkshake I ordered. Baby Girl liked that I actually ate some food for once (I have not been eating well the past few weeks with the move and then with the jet lag, nothing tastes good—and I just haven't stocked the house well with food yet). I have a feeling we will be going there often (even though I wasn't exactly in love with Johnny Rockets at home, this burger tasted pretty darn good tonight!).
Tomorrow is Friday so I'm hoping to sleep in a bit and then go to the grocery store alone in the afternoon. Craig thinks I should go out driving in the morning since traffic will be light, but I don't want to just go driving, I at least want to hit a few stores if I'm out. So, I might check out Lulu Hypermarket or the other Mega Mart in town if I can get out the door early enough. Friday morning store hours are funny as the stores open for 1-3 hours and then close for a few hours until afternoon so Saturday would probably actually be a better day for me to get some shopping done but we need stuff now!
Anna seemed back to her normal pleasant self today which is a relief. It's hard dealing with a jet lagged kid when you haven't gotten sleep yourself. I know she is needing to feel in control of herself and surroundings but some of things she has been doing have really been trying my nerves! For example, as soon as you get in the car she wants to "back out of spot! Back out of spot! Drive on road!" She doesn't care that I feel the need to consult my map before I start driving. Hopefully that will pass soon because it's not something I enjoy much. One funny thing she's bee doing for a couple of weeks though is when we get to a red light she says "let's make that green!" I know she gets her impatience from me and I guess I haven't done a very good job of concealing it from her.
