Beautiful day for the Park

Well, this morning I awoke feeling stressed and shaky. I ended up determining that I was stressed about going to the store with our new driver Tom. He is a very kind man, but does not speak any English and I of course speak no Chinese. Last shopping trip we had Driver Victor who speaks some English, so he was able to help me a lot. One helpful thing is that we are going back to the same store, so I have a general layout of where things are located. Dustin helped me with some basics that I wrote down on a cheat sheet. This made me feel better and once I realized I could always call him and put him or someone from his office on the phone. I determined my shakiness was due to a lack of calories/food. Both Dustin and I seem to be unable to fulfill this right now regardless of what we eat.
The store actually went really well, --except for not being able to find some items like pull-ups in Danny’s size etc… I was able to make my way around and somewhat communicate with Driver Tom. My great success of the day was trying to convey to him using my phone program that I wanted to buy nail polish remover (Carefour did not have it). After a couple of minutes of trying different words and going back and forth, he finally realized what I was asking for and asked a local women. She directed us downstairs to a hair salon. Thankfully, the nail polish remover was right on the wall and I could point to it and pay. We came home to have lunch and naps. While the boys napped, two men came to finish off the chairs that did not have any legs to them in our master bedroom. They also worked on the dining room table. They had brought stain and worked on fixing spots that were dinged. They took such care in getting every spot, I was really appreciative as these spots were driving me mad.
After naps the boys and I went to find out about the school and pick up a lamp that was waiting at the front desk. It was beautiful outside, so we decided to get an ice cream cone and eat it on the way to the park. Even Josh enjoyed eating some of it. The parks were filled with kids playing and there was even a father playing baseball with his two kids. It really was a wonderful sight. Dustin came home early and took Danny out to the McDonald’s near our house (he has been craving some one on one time with each of us). Danny came home all excited because he got a Madagascar Lion (from the movie) that speaks Chinese. We of course have no idea what it says, but it is still fun. Tomorrow Dustin and I have decided to try and get my mixer after we pick up our health screens as the store is near the clinic.