Since you went to the trouble of visiting, I thought I would let you know why there are no new posts at the moment. We have moved to our own house (it is ours as long as we pay rent, anyway)!
Unfortunately that also means that the internet is not installed there yet. I have been writing posts, though, so there will be plenty to read when I get that data and an internet connection in the same place at the same time. I was going to do that today, but forgot the data at home.
It is really interesting how having the internet to communicate makes it so much easier to be far away from home...
Showing posts with label move. Show all posts
Showing posts with label move. Show all posts
Friday, February 02, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Moved
Written 8:15 AM on Tuesday the 23rd of January, 2007. I am not sure when I will get it published, since we don't have internet set up yet.
We packed up our stuff on Saturday. Well, to be honest, Nádya packed most of it while I was teaching my second class for the day. I got home, and there was barely anything left to do.
Sunday the truck came at three in the afternoon, and we loaded our things on it with the help of the driver and one other guy. It was very hot and humid Sunday. Not the best weather in which to move, but the iron was good and hot—ready for striking.
The helper showed up smelling like someone who had been drinking since Friday night. He actually had a beer right there in the truck, and drank from it every time he took something there. I am not sure, but I think it was his personal reward system, or something. (The driver was not drunk, and seemed to be put off by this guy's actions.)
Once things were deposited more or less safely in the house, the movers left, and we started finding places for our "new" things. We have had these things since we got married, but not used them because we were living with N‡dya's parents. It is kind of nice to pull things out of a box and think, "Wow, that is cool. I did not remember we had that!"
That night it was so hot inside our house that we barely slept. We were tired enough. I was ready to fall over with exhaustion. The house had been shut for a couple of days, and had just been painted, which made it nearly impossible to sleep.
Monday morning I was left with the task of finding gas for our stove. The stoves here (at least 97% of them) run on propane that comes in 13 kilogram canisters. It is a similar setup to a propane bar-b-que. There is a little store just down the street where we thought we could buy this. So I took our empty canister there for exchange.
They evidently quit selling propane. But they were nice enough to call someone else who would deliver it.
Somewhere in the shuffle the burners to our stove got lost. So we ended up going to that same store last night to purchase one. Hopefully we will find the old ones, as the one we bought does not work very well (There is hardly a flame at all.), but at least we can cook our food!
One of the oddest things about this experience (To me this is normal for Nadya.) is that there is no toilet seat on the toilet. That is something we have to go purchase for ourselves.
Speaking of which, I am off to make a list of things to purchase, like clothes-line, and a toilet seat.
We packed up our stuff on Saturday. Well, to be honest, Nádya packed most of it while I was teaching my second class for the day. I got home, and there was barely anything left to do.
Sunday the truck came at three in the afternoon, and we loaded our things on it with the help of the driver and one other guy. It was very hot and humid Sunday. Not the best weather in which to move, but the iron was good and hot—ready for striking.
The helper showed up smelling like someone who had been drinking since Friday night. He actually had a beer right there in the truck, and drank from it every time he took something there. I am not sure, but I think it was his personal reward system, or something. (The driver was not drunk, and seemed to be put off by this guy's actions.)
Once things were deposited more or less safely in the house, the movers left, and we started finding places for our "new" things. We have had these things since we got married, but not used them because we were living with N‡dya's parents. It is kind of nice to pull things out of a box and think, "Wow, that is cool. I did not remember we had that!"
That night it was so hot inside our house that we barely slept. We were tired enough. I was ready to fall over with exhaustion. The house had been shut for a couple of days, and had just been painted, which made it nearly impossible to sleep.
Monday morning I was left with the task of finding gas for our stove. The stoves here (at least 97% of them) run on propane that comes in 13 kilogram canisters. It is a similar setup to a propane bar-b-que. There is a little store just down the street where we thought we could buy this. So I took our empty canister there for exchange.
They evidently quit selling propane. But they were nice enough to call someone else who would deliver it.
Somewhere in the shuffle the burners to our stove got lost. So we ended up going to that same store last night to purchase one. Hopefully we will find the old ones, as the one we bought does not work very well (There is hardly a flame at all.), but at least we can cook our food!
One of the oddest things about this experience (To me this is normal for Nadya.) is that there is no toilet seat on the toilet. That is something we have to go purchase for ourselves.
Speaking of which, I am off to make a list of things to purchase, like clothes-line, and a toilet seat.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Moving Next Week
Yes! It is actually happening. [Pinches self.]
We are moving starting next Monday, so if you have a pick-up, and can stop by that would be grea... wait a moment. You are probably a bit far away for that. There are only a few things anyway, the big ones being the refrigerator and the bed.
Friends and family are most welcome to visit. We will save a hammock on the front porch for your afternoon nap.
Also, it looks like we have a new class of around 10 students starting next Monday (it just worked out like that, not planned at all). This is really exciting, as it means that we might actually be able to afford food (I jest).
Now I am going to go try to get well so that I can teach my class tonight.
We are moving starting next Monday, so if you have a pick-up, and can stop by that would be grea... wait a moment. You are probably a bit far away for that. There are only a few things anyway, the big ones being the refrigerator and the bed.
Friends and family are most welcome to visit. We will save a hammock on the front porch for your afternoon nap.
Also, it looks like we have a new class of around 10 students starting next Monday (it just worked out like that, not planned at all). This is really exciting, as it means that we might actually be able to afford food (I jest).
Now I am going to go try to get well so that I can teach my class tonight.
[composed and posted with ecto]
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Safely home, and more...
I have arrived safely in Teresina, and am greatly enjoying the time with my family here.
This is just a pause in the journey, however. From here the two of us head out to Parauapebas to start our new jobs there. We leave this weekend. In the meantime, we have some other things that we will be doing.
One of those things is that Nádya will be having surgery tomorrow morning (Thursday). There is a lump in her breast that the doctor says is a cyst inside a “nodule.” They have done several scans, and are pretty sure it is benign, but want to be completely sure.
We really appreciate those of you who are praying about this already, as well as those who will begin to pray as you read this.
I did know about it before the trip to the US, but did not want this news to overshadow the other things that were going on, and decided it would be best to wait until now.
It will be a difficult week this week, as we have much else to do to prepare for our move, as well. So, pray for energy for both of us, as well as peace, in this time of mixed emotions.
I am running out of time to write here, so I need to go. I hope to write more soon, as well as upload some pictures from Nathan and Melissa's wedding, and some of my reactions to culture shock.
[Update: Since I could not publish this last night, it might read a little differently than originally intended.]
This is just a pause in the journey, however. From here the two of us head out to Parauapebas to start our new jobs there. We leave this weekend. In the meantime, we have some other things that we will be doing.
One of those things is that Nádya will be having surgery tomorrow morning (Thursday). There is a lump in her breast that the doctor says is a cyst inside a “nodule.” They have done several scans, and are pretty sure it is benign, but want to be completely sure.
We really appreciate those of you who are praying about this already, as well as those who will begin to pray as you read this.I did know about it before the trip to the US, but did not want this news to overshadow the other things that were going on, and decided it would be best to wait until now.
It will be a difficult week this week, as we have much else to do to prepare for our move, as well. So, pray for energy for both of us, as well as peace, in this time of mixed emotions.
I am running out of time to write here, so I need to go. I hope to write more soon, as well as upload some pictures from Nathan and Melissa's wedding, and some of my reactions to culture shock.
[Update: Since I could not publish this last night, it might read a little differently than originally intended.]
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