We started off today eating breakfast, very fast. The school is about a 15 minute walk uphill and we had to be there by 9am. We got out of the house at 850 and realized we needed to drive. So we drove to the school, and we had the four kids in one room while a school psychologist took a life history of all the kids. It took a very long time, and I left early in order to meet a handyman to fix our hot water problem.
My wife bore the brunt of having to entertain the four kids and answer very specific questions about our kids’ development. When I finally walked back, she was exhausted and had no more patience left. We drove back to the house and had lunch, and then drove to the rental car place at the airport in order to exchange vehicles. They gave us a black suburban when we got off the plane. The last car we wanted was an enormous black suburban. The country we are living in has a certain type of group who uses big black suburbans, and we would rather not be remotely associated with that group. Now we have a nondescript minivan. I feel a lot better now. On our way home we went through many tunnels, like the one below.
After we got back from replacing the cars, the wife took the even numbered kids to a playground, while I stayed home with the odd numbered kids and cleaned the house and relaxed. We walked to a house down the road and I had my first conversation un aided by my wife or children. I asked a man if his restaurant was closed, I’m pretty sure he said he was going to close soon. I asked him to wait for my wife and two other children, and he said ok. This restaurant was out of a garage underneath a housing complex.
The food we ate was pretty good, carnitas, potato tacos, and tortas. The salsa he served was unforgiveable hot, but overall it was pretty good. The prices were pretty good too, feeding a family of 6 for just barely $10 plus tip. I’m certainly not going to come home having lost any weight.
We are now relaxing watching a couple movies after eating what I can only describe as a sweet custard bread pie. Good night.
Our Family Adventure 