Crazy Morning in China

Today so far, and it is only 10 am now, has been insane. Josh has been pulling things off counters, opening cabinets he should not, etc all morning. He is also way way way overtired and cries at the drop of the hat. With this being our back drop to the morning, I did not have eggs for the pancakes we were going to make (our ayi made us fired rice on Friday and I guess used all six eggs in it. I forgot to look over the weekend to restock), and the little store in the clubhouse apparently does not open until 8 or later. So, I had to convince Danny that peanut butter toast and cereal was a great substitute breakfast.

For school today, the kids needed to bring a picture of their family and of themselves. Unfortunately, the only picture I have of our family is gigantic. So, I lugged this picture to school and had to apologize for the size as they tried to find a place for it. I had smaller pictures of us, but had brought them home this summer looking for frames. Guess where I left the small family pictures. Yep you got it, in Indiana. There is no transfer it to Walmart and go pick it up in an hour later here in China, or at least I do not know how to navigate it, so I took the large one in for Danny.

Once Josh and I arrived home from dropping Danny off, Josh was so crazy that I finally just gave up and put him down for a nap. That would be all fine and dandy, but I had our driver waiting to take us to the store. So, I first sent a text Dustin, but he is in his language class, and could not help. Secondly, I attempted to translate out the situation into Chinese. I can only guess what it actually sounded like I said, but thankfully Tom could read what I had written out in Chinese and understood. At least I think he understood, because he went back to sitting and waiting in the car.

Now that this is tackled, I have to figure out how to get to the store (I was planning to go to the farther store) and get back in time to get Danny from school, who has half days on Mondays (1:30), and get lunch for Josh, who normally eats at 11am. The farther away store depending on traffic could take at least 40 minutes to get to, so just getting there and back will be a challenge.

I would try and go take a shower now since I have been unable to get one yet today, but our ayi has already diligently taken them to be washed and we do not have a second set. (I think a second set is going to be added to the shopping list for today, if we ever get there).

Maybe I should just get back in bed and attempt to start over in a little bit. :-)

At least I know I do not need to cook dinner tonight, as we are going out for dinner for our Anniversary. Of course, it will be a family affair, as we do not have someone we trust to watch the kids for a long period of time. Yet, it should still be fun..we are going to go back to Marco's the Italian restaurant closer to downtown.

I will update on the rest of the day later, but today has been so nuts, I thought I would share what has occurred so far.