November 19, 2010

• Today we evacuated Judah from school because they told us to. bah. So, one and a half days of school attendance this last week. Great for him, undoubtedly.

  Anyway, apart from that we have not much else going on. The hangar was closed down today for the same reason. It’s strange this time around that the crisis is occurring just 2 minutes down the road from us rather than downtown where it didn’t affect us at all last time. It’s also strange how, despite the proximity of ‘danger’ this time i’m feeling way less uptight about it than i did last time. It could be because last time nothing much came of anything on a personal level. Hopefully a similarly unaffected result for the JRPletts this week and those to come because we’ve got parties to host, cake to eat, presents to open and play with… and then family to welcome.

  Judah is starting to read these days. It is at the same time thrilling and aggravating.
  Asher is starting to give kisses. This is only lovely, not aggravating at all!

  We went to Weldom to pick up some shower heads/hoses for our house and #5 and found light fixtures on sale… so we got 2 to replace the hideous chandeliers that the house came with. I will consider it a miracle, however, if they are easily installed and work thereafter. (i confess, i am a pessimistic purchaser when it comes to anything involving electricity/wiring in this country).

  The “mango rains” are back again after a few weeks of very dry weather. The rice fields are surely suffering from this lack of rain we’ve had. We’re anyway happy for the rain for the cool down it provides at the end of the day. As i write this i’m hearing the approaching thunder increase in volume as it nears us. I was just outside taking photos of my beautiful garden, and now 5 minutes later the sky is dark and heavy. Loving thunderstorms just now!

  I’m quickly going to post this before the rains shut my power (and the internet) down.

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