Air freight arrived!!

I got a call from the admin person in Mark's office on Sunday telling me my air freight will be in on Tuesday about 3 pm. I figured this would go like most places and they will come much later, but low and behold they arrived before 3pm!!

The movers were very nice. I noticed that there were several boxes open. He told me customs goes through some of the boxes. The last thing he brought in was my memory foam mattress pad that goes over the mattress. It was NOT wrapped in anything! I was a little upset. He said the customs opened it and couldn't get it into the box, so they just left it out. I was not a happy camper. I don't mind that customs needs to go through things - safety first. However, the moving company should have re-wrapped it so it wasn't just open to air!

I was happy my stuff had come and yet remarkable not happy. It made me miss home and my daughters all that much more. Making the move that much more of a reality! Sounds a little strange, I suppose.....

Got the kitchen all set up.....with what I got. So glad I bought an oven themometer. I have a beautiful gas/electric oven that even though it has a tempurature gauge, it always seems to run about 400 degrees. So I've had to play with it- leaving the door slightly open.

I made chocolate chip cookies and Mark brought them into the office today.

Mark invited a few people to "lunch" on Saturday at noon. At least I have stuff to use to cook. I made salmon and stuffed zucchini last night.....all cooked in the oven! I've been going through a lot of oil lately only to realize that I've been doing all my cooking on the stove. I use less oils when I use the oven. Good to know!

So much going on with my daughters.........

Megan is having a terrible time in China. When she went back to China after her Christmas holiday at home, she learned that her turtles had died. She later found out that it was some of the drunken/stoned "boys" (fellow teachers) that were throwing the little guys around and causing their death. Megan has put up with a lot of their debauchery and aggressive behavior (not towards her) in the past. But she was so upset she went to the boss of EF and told him about the incident, their constant drunkeness and drug abuse and one of them admitting to hitting a child and breaking a window in class. Since then they have been terrorizing her. I fear for her safety. She has refused to move to a different apartment but is in the process of looking for another school to teach in.

Cara is in Texas meeting Jesse's family. I've only spoken with her breifly and she seems happy. She said his family likes her alot. No suprise here!

Melissa is hard to contact. With her school schedule we have limited time to talk. I called her on Saturday and she said, "I don't feel like talking" and we hung up. I have had no email, no messages, nothing and I am feeling so sad not to be able to talk to her. I miss her chats, I miss hearing about the kids and about her life. I don't think we went this long without talking even when she was in Ethiopia! Where are you Melissa?