Our air shipment arrived this morning. They said they'd be here between 11-12 and came at 10:45. Anyway, I'm so glad it is here! I think Anna was a bit overwhelmed seeing so much of her old stuff here. She was probably most excited about a cat pillow, her Lego box lid (so she could pretend it is a changing pad), her train, her books, and her soft chair.
I spent her nap building her kitchen that I bought for her in October in anticipation of this move. She loves it and she was spent a lot of time cooking and baking with it. I put it in the kitchen so she can cook while I cook (I really don't like how the kitchen is separated from the living area in this house, but that's the style for the other villas I've seen here, too).
Craig spent part of his day procuring a car for me. He test-drove the Sorento and made a verbal deal with the owner and all sorts of transactions need to happen before the car is actually ours but I'm excited because it was basically in our price range (a little higher, but on the low-side of high), it's relatively new (I've never had newer than a 2001: the Matiz in Korea!—at home the newest was my 1999 Saturn (that didn't even have power-steering!)), and it supposedly has a few bells & whistles. I hope I like it when we get it!
And, in baby news (I suppose), my back is killing me today. I don't know if it was unpacking (there were only ten boxes), building the kitchen, or just running around non-stop but I am in a bit of pain when I get up to walk. Hopefully I can take it easy the next couple of days and my back will feel better.
Servus from Berlin!!
I've been up fighting the jet lag and remembered that Erin was talking about some of your latest posts, which I needed to catch up on. Sounds like you are getting more or less settled in, so much so that the car will be the finishing touches.
I wanted to let you know how great it is to have you as our informant in Qatar -- someone that can tell us the stories un filtered by the government and advertizsing dollars. You would not beleive the ad campaign that Qatar has been running here in Europe. I had thought that it would relent after the Doha games, but if this morning is any indication, the campaign will be much longer term.
Alles leibe von Erin und ich!! Congratulations on the impending auto purchase.