Today we began packing to go on our trip. About halfway through the day we got a hold of Nova to find out the exact time of our departure. Unfortunately, she told us that her father is having heart trouble and is in the hospital. She was very worried about him and asked if we could postpone the trip a little. Of course we said that was just fine. So, considering the fact that we had purposefully not gone food shopping so as to not have too much food go bad while we were gone we had to go grocery shopping.
Grocery shopping here is like a treasure hunt. We are beginning to have a set routine of foods that we buy but every once in a while we make a discovery. Like today we found peanut butter! And a lint roller! (I'm very excited about the lint roller--washing machines here don't have lint traps and I didn't know they were so important until they were gone!). We're not exactly sure what the time frame for the trip is anymore so we tried to buy flexibly if that makes any sense. We don't want to go without fresh fruits and veggies but we don't want to buy too much and have to leave it to go bad while we're gone. Ah well, we'll just have to see won't we?
When we got back to our apartment Mitch couldn't get the door unlocked. Now if you ever give me the key to the door it will seem like it won't open and I will become very frustrated but Mitch never has troubles with the door. But he could not get it open, so he went to get the door man who tried even longer than Mitch had. I was getting worried about a precious chocolate ice cream when he went to go get some tools and some help. Two other men joined us and they each took turns twisting and pulling and pushing and for all I could tell yelling at the door in angry Chinese. Suddenly Mitch, who is just standing and watching, cries, "You got it!" and pushes hard on the door. It pops right open and the three men burst out laughing. They all studied the door while I put the groceries away and could find nothing wrong with it.
Well, we'll let you know how the plans change!
Thanks for everything!
Ev & Mitch
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