A Very Long Day 1

After we arrived at our apartment we were shortly taken to lunch. Both girls were so exhausted as were we. We needed to get supplies for our house. Immediate things like toilet paper and dishes to eat on, pillows to sleep on, the list goes on and on. Robert took the girls back to the apartment to rest and I went to run around with our helpful Chinese friends. On the way back to our apartment Robert got lost in our huge complex. Really, the complex is at least a few blocks in area. He got some help from ladies in our complex that spoke some English. They passed out as soon as they got home.

Let me preface this next part by saying, doing anything in China is not quick and easy. All we wanted to do was go to Wal-Mart and buy minimal supplies for our apartment. We got a couple taxis because of course we could not all fit into one. That would have made things to easy. We arrived at Wal-mart and waited for our friends to get there too. It is about a 10 minute taxi ride from our apartment to Wal-Mart. Then of course we did not know where anything was in their Wal-mart and so we had to walk around the whole store. We were gone 2+ hours on our excursion. We took 2 taxis back and when we arrived we could not find the other taxi for at least 20 minutes or so and they had some of our stuff in it. Of course when we got back we had no water. We cannot drink the water in our faucets and so our next concern was to get bottled water into our home. We set out to find water and buy a cell phone so that we could communicate with those from our school. Well again Robert stayed at home with the girls because it would have just complicated things more. Again I was gone at least 2 hours just to get a cell phone and water. When I got home they were all passed out on the couch again. I was so exhausted by then I got home showered and went to bed. Just a few hours later the girls were up and rested. That is the end of day 1 here in Wuhan.

Our apartment is quite big and nice. It is double the size of the one we had in Shenzhen but a little bit older than the last one. It is still a new apartment and is well kept up. We have 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom with 3 balconies. The kitchen has a door to separate it and keep the heat from getting to the rest of the house. We live on the 5^thfloor as I mentioned and there are not elevators. Bummer! What can I say, we will have great calves when we get back. It is a very nice double-gated complex. We have a small shopping area with lots of places to eat just outside of our complex. Our beds feel like boards and our couch is quite comfy. Mattress pads are one for the first things we are going to buy when we get paid. There is only one bed in the girls’room and so we are trying to train them to sleep together. It has been interesting. Our apartment was fully furnished when we got here. We really are enjoying it so far.