After many weeks, small puzzle pieces are finally falling into place.
The kids have been accepted at International School of Beijing. With the help of the wonderful Stacey we think we have found a service apartment to stay in when we arrive. Shakespeare the cat is doing well at Dr. Pruitt's. Everyone is healthy and somewhat sane and the visa procedures are moving forward.
Talking with our AZ friends who started school last Monday was wonderful but sadly, tears and night terrors followed. There are so many emotions involved, hard to handle when you are six 1/2 especially.
Sad is also that we won't see our things until the middle of October but hey, it will be like Christmas two months early and we will most likely get our Halloween decorations just in time.
Being in transit and waiting is unfortunately nothing new for us but we usually plan and organize so that we have to spend as little time as possible in hotels, service apartments and more or less empty houses (we LOVE IKEA!). More often than not, shipments are delayed. When we moved from Hong Kong to Annecy, France, our container was for some reason unloaded in Genua and never put back on the ship. To simply drive the container from across the border in Italy to the end destination in France, a mere two hour or so drive, was impossible. Instead we waited patiently in Sweden, trying desperately to entertain Marcus, then nine months old.
We moved from an apartment of 300 square meters to a loft of 100 square meters and it got quite crowded to say the least. Once everything was unpacked, it worked out fine, but 300 or so boxes in our little space, piled on top of each other was interesting.... On our first night in the apartment my mother and I climbed on top of the boxes to find pillows and blankets so we could spend the night. It doesn't matter how organized you are when packing; once it is time to unpack again, everything is all mixed up. It's a mystery; like how one sock can disappear in the laundry or what came first - the chicken or the egg.
The night will be spent a deux, Ulf and I will go see Eldkvarn (www.eldkvarn.se) at Lasse i Parken (www.lasseiparken.se) and the kids will have fun with farmor.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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