Ouch & Peanut Butter

Day 12 – April 23

All I can say is ouch to the pride today! I must explain that most doors have a small button about the size of my thumbnail located around the doorframe that you must push to release the door. The first time I tried to exit my floor at work I stood at the door, pushed and couldn’t get it to open and finally had to ask someone how to get out! By now I should know better, but for some reason, I had a particularly difficult time remembering those little buttons today. As a result, I body slammed several doors and of course there were witnesses to these events. When you are accustomed to pushing doors and sailing through them these little buttons are quite a nuisance! You know how some industrial doors in the states have those silver bars around the middle of the door and you push on the bar to make it open. Same concept, but they tend to hide these little buttons!

Day 13 – April 24

My mom is sending a care package with peanut butter!!! Yeah! I guess it is the little things that are exciting. Apparently peanut butter is not a common item here. I am told that it is very difficult to find and if you can locate it, it doesn’t taste the same and it has a strange consistency. So, if they don’t have peanut butter, they obviously don’t have receese peanut butter cups or peanut butter m&ms (my favourite candies)! Whoever visits must bring payment for my B&B in the form of peanut butter :)

I am getting a bit closer to having an apartment and I must say that I am so ready to hang clothes and unpack and hopefully be able to find items! Dad, I don’t know how you live out of a suitcase week in and week out. I have now made it 2 weeks and I’m so ready to empty my suitcases and get settled and organized! I’m not sure if I wrote this before, but my temporary apt. has a good size wardrobe (a cross between a closet and an armoire) and not a single hanger to put your clothes on. So I just rummage through my big suitcases every morning to try to locate the proper clothing items. Count down has begun and I have 7 more nights in temporary housing.