Weekly Review
Last Sunday was a bit overcast,
which made for mild temperatures and a pleasant walk to and from church (which
was great as always). After church, we
had our normal rest time for the kids, then dinner, and then we had three Skype
sessions with family back in the U.S.
The kids were a tad crazy by bedtime, as they definitely enjoyed the
Skype sessions!
Monday was a rather
nondescript day. Other than the weekly
trip to the store for groceries, we didn’t leave the apartment (it was a bit
rainy all day). The kids did have a lot
of fun around the apartment. The girls
spent a good part of the day inventing/testing new models of paper airplanes
and I spent a good part of the morning grading term papers (ugh!). The Johns also came over for a bit in the
afternoon, after rest time, and the kids always love seeing them. After dinner, we had a family home evening on
scripture study and then the normal evening routine before the kids went to
bed. Then Jacque and I had a quiet
evening before going to bed.
Tuesday was a
beautiful day! After our normal morning
routine, I went into work for a while (and also picked up all of our finalized
immigration documents—finally!). After I
got home and the kids had their rest time, we went to a live butterfly
exhibit. The kids were in heaven and I
think they could have spent all day there.
These butterflies were ginormous and very pretty! After the butterflies, we went to get some
dinner at a traditional Belarusian restaurant and everyone enjoyed the yummy
food! Then we came home and did our
normal evening routine before the kids went to bad and Jacque and I had a quiet
evening.
Wednesday was another
rather nondescript day. The weather was
quite rainy, so we mostly stuck around the apartment and played/worked. Jacque also made a run to the store to get
tortilla chips (the first time we have been able to get them here; thanks to
the Johns for the tip!). So after dinner
and the kids were in bed, Jacque and I enjoyed some cheesy chips and salsa (not
quite the same as in America, but still tasty)!!
Thursday was a rainy,
quiet day. It was overcast all day, with
heavy rain off and on, so we pretty much just hung around the apartment for
most of the day. It was my last day for
my MBA class at BSU, so I spent a bit of time doing final grading stuff and
getting everything ready to hand back to students. The final class session was basically a final
exam and goodbyes, so it all went well, though it was kind of sad to say
goodbye to my students. The rain really
started coming down as the last couple of students were finishing up their
exams, so by the time I had everything finished up (including probably 100+
signatures the school needed from me on documents related to the course I
taught) it was a huge down poor. I was
not smart enough to bring an umbrella, so I got soaked on the way home. Oh well.
After I got home, I chatted with a neighbor friend on Skype for a few
minutes with Jacque and then we had a quiet evening.
Friday was a quiet day. I had a pretty rough night with an upset
stomach and Jacque was not feeling well in the morning, so we stuck around the
apartment and just tried to get some rest amidst taking care of the kids. I also finalized grades and got everything
submitted to the BSU for my MBA class. In
the afternoon, while the kids were having rest time, I was able to hash out some rough plans with
people at the Belarus High Tech Park to do a workshop in Grodno (about 4 hours
away from Minsk), with managers from High Tech/IT business and faculty/students
from the IT university in Grodno. As it
looks now, the entire family will likely leave on Monday morning (July 30) and
return Tuesday evening after a day of workshops and doing touristy stuff in
Grodno. It should be a lot of fun. Hopefully we can work out the travel/lodging
logistics (which the IT Park will foot the bill for). Friday evening we had a call with our realtor
about property disclosure stuff (quite boring) and we also had ice-cream night,
which the kids always love! Then Jacque and I streamed a chick-flick for a stay-at-home date night!
Saturday was kind of a dull day; another
overcast day and we spent most of the morning just hanging around the
apartment. The sun came out in the afternoon
and Jacque took the girls to the park while I stayed back with David. Then we had a nice evening.
Today it is sunny with clear skies, so we are looking forward to a nice trip to church in a little bit! It has been a good week!
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