Settling In

The temporary apartment is really great. We're not too high up (7th floor) and the location really can't be beat: it's about a five minute walk to the subway and that's only because Henry walks so darn slow!

The girls are sharing a room and Henry has an amazing corner-window set-up in his. The kids were really surprised that the toilets are rectangular and surprisingly Henry hasn't mentioned his beloved potty yet (he was adamant that he would use the potty in Singapore, too--I just told him we'd talk about it when we got here).

We spent a good amount of time unpacking our stuff and getting things arranged so we can live here the next month or two. I don't know how all of the stuff in the air shipment is going to fit in here though! Ack!

First on the agenda for the day was to get breakfast (although we had about 3 breakfasts on the plane already, we thought we should try to get on the local schedule since we get a complimentary breakfast here at the apartments). Next we decided we ought to procure a few groceries to make breakfast tomorrow (no breakfast served here tomorrow because of Deepavali--a national holiday), lunch, and, well, you know for when we get hungry!

We walked over the Newton MRT and took it one stop over to Novena and found Cold Storage. Everything is pretty pricey but the selection is fairly amazing. Henry was getting pretty tired by this point though so we had to get out of there pretty quick. We bought as much as we could carry in our reusable bags (I'm so glad I thought to bring them because the plastic bags would have been really uncomfortable even though it was a relatively short distance to travel). Perhaps next time I'll bring a backpack if I'm planning to get groceries?

Craig had an appointment for work so the kids & I stayed home and I implemented a mandatory 90-minute rest time because people were getting tired, grumpy, and a little mean. Sarah & Henry slept and had a really hard time waking up, but everyone was pleasant when they woke up and for the rest of the day. We went down to the apartment playground and Anna made a friend (she spoke softly to the girl!).

Just when I was about to give up on Craig getting home in time for dinner and start a pot of pasta, he came home with Subway sandwiches. Now, a goal I have while we are here is to eat as little American chain food as possible, but I've also got to take what I can get when I've got jet-lagged kids that are also picky eaters. We'll work on this goal later!

We had wanted to go to the pool after dinner, but big black clouds started rolling in and then tons of rain. The kids were super-disappointed! I felt really bad that we hadn't gone in the morning but we really did need the groceries, too. We plan to go early tomorrow.

All the kids were wiped out and we sent them to bed at 6. Henry was breathing like he was asleep all afternoon anyway! Hopefully they will sleep well tonight (me, too!) so we can get out and explore a bit more tomorrow.

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