If you're behind on what's going on... I just updated our last four days here. We found wi-fi down at the clubhouse, so hopefully I will get back on track with the daily updates. Click on the days posted above to get caught up.
What a wonderful night’s
sleep!! My hips are finally not aching and I actually slept the entire night
without waking Keith up thinking someone is breaking into the condo.
After a very simple
breakfast, because we still had no food this morning because of the electricity
issues, I ran over well, walked quickly to the yoga room at the clubhouse. I was the only one there. Something wasn’t right. I went to the
security guard who tried his best to explain the class was at 9:30. He turned on the aircon for me and I found
the mats rolled up in a cabinet so I set up a spot and waited. Soon after I got set up a lady with all her
gear came in. All she said was, “Your early!”
I completely assumed that she was the instructor and immediately had
visions of her instructing me the lone ranger attempting these yoga moves. I watched her carefully and realized I forgot
my water bottle and a towel. So, I told
her I would be right back. As I was
leaving the pool area, I ran into the security guard who said, the teacher is
here. I said, “oh yes, thank you I saw her.”
He said it again, but his time pointing out to the parking lot. The only
person walking towards us was an bald headed elderly gentleman with sleeveless
shirt, glasses and yoga gear; the Mr. Miagi of Yoga! Oh, man did I feel
silly. I told him I would be right
back.
By the time I ran and got my
water bottle and a washcloth because that was all I could find, the class had
filled up with 9 other students. Man, I
was not prepared for “Tony” and his umpteen years of yoga expertise. He kicked my butt to say the least. I have never done yoga like that before, but
it worked every muscle in my entire body.
After yoga, I met the boys
right outside at the pool. I was able to
completely relax for the first time in awhile; completely at ease with our
move, my new job (at least for now because I don’t know exactly what is in
store) and our decision to settle here for the time being. I headed back to the condo where the
electricians were fixing the non-working fridge and oven. I worked diligently until every piece of
luggage was unpacked and our closet nicely organized.
Which soy sauce shall I choose??
What a good helper!
Ahh...
A clear view from the balcony...
Once the repairs were made,
we had two pieces of furniture delivered and then headed out to the Giant to
get our groceries. Since, we are starting over from the basics again, it took
me awhile to make the list and even longer to navigate through the store trying
to find everything we needed. I never
found any hummus and we still can’t find dryer sheets! Keith asked for measuring cups and he was
taken to the margarine/butter aisle. We
got a good laugh at that one.
Back home, I was very excited
to unpack our groceries and get dinner started.
We flipped the oven temp and turned the knob to on. “Pop!” and off went the oven, fridge and half
the lights in the living room. Oh these
must be the electrical issues Desmond was talking about, I thought to myself. Desmond is our neighbor on the 5th
floor and he warned us there would probably be some issues. He also told us that sometimes during a heavy
rain there would be blackouts. I am praying that they come back tomorrow
re-wire or do what ever they need to do so that we can cook in our oven. I owe Keith some homemade cookies with all these
Malaysian ingredients! We ended our night with me cooking a different meal on
the stove top, putting Jaxson to bed and then setting the baby monitor on our
phone so we could go down to the pool for an evening swim as well as taking
advantage of the wi-fi.
By the way, I am missing
Chattanooga and the people. I am missing even more the fact that tomorrow is
one of my favorite holidays and I doubt anyone here will be celebrating the 4th
of July.
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