We are entering our 4th week in Kuwait. How am I adjusting? When you move to a new place and before you meet anybody and truly get settled you have a few lows. Owen has started school and he loves it. Praise God! But Eli and I are bored. BORED! Okay, mom is bored. It has been two days. We moved out of the hotel over a week ago. I am sad I left the hotel. I am more sad that I no longer swim everyday and enjoy the heat while swimming. I also miss the chocolate hour. There are more things I miss but we will come upon them shortly. Last week was a holiday here, so David worked from home. We stayed busy as a family, looking at houses and going to malls. Lots of malls here. It is too hot to be outside, so why not window shop. But David has gone back to the office and Owen is in school. So Eli and I are bored. And it has given me time to realize how much I miss the hotel and how much the temporary apartment is not great, good, okay really bad.
I forgot why I didn't like temporary apartments. I have been in one before when we moved to Lafayette and now I remember. At first I thought it has to be better than the hotel because it is bigger. We can sleep in separate rooms and not have to hide Eli's bed behind the couch so he doesn't see us. Well I wrong. Where to start....
The master bedroom has a beautiful view. Beautiful!
But that is where it ends. This apartment is set one street off of the main street. It only has single pane windows. It is noisy! NOISY!!! The first night (a Friday) was so bad. Apparently people like to race their rich cars on the weekend. All you can hear is the engines of Lamborghinis and Ferraris all night long. Other muscle cars too. It is sooooooo loud! And then of course you hear sirens, horns, and any other noise. Okay besides that the bed is broken. And the mattress is so bad that it is a V where it has been flipped and I am pretty sure I might have rolled off of it. Owen came into our room about 3:30 (normal) but refused to sleep in there and asked me to come sleep in the comfy bed with him. I jumped on that opportunity. Since then Eli sleeps in the master bedroom by himself (with music) and we opt to sleep with Owen. You know it is bad when you choose to sleep with a toddler.
The small shower doesn't drain. After flooding the bathroom, we use the extremely small shower. I didn't think it could get smaller but it does. I can't even shave my legs in it. I have to shave at the sink then take a shower. Now in case you have missed it there are no bathtubs so the boys are having to shower. Well with the shower being so teeny tiny I have to kneel down outside of it and wash them, while getting drenched. It is fun! FUN! Take this picture and imagine me at the corner on my knees. And yes Eli tries to get back in after being done.
Then you move to Owen's room. The curtain doesn't block out the light, so about 6:30 each morning Owen bounds out of bed and says "The sun is up! It's wake up time!" Yay! Of course that doesn't really matter because there is a rooster that starts to crow about 5 am. Yes I said a I rooster. You read that right. And yes I live in the city. Busy area around me. No farms.
Okay then we have ants. And the oven doesn't work. And since it is temporary we have only one sauce pan and skillet. It takes a while to cook since I have to cook in stages and move stuff to other dishes. You can hear the peoples doorbells from upstairs and next door to you.
Oh and I hate to clean! I really really hate to clean. And that is probably what I miss the most about the hotel. I realize I can not avoid it any more and must vacuum tomorrow and mop. No, I have not gone a week and half without cleaning. I have done it and just would really prefer to not do it.
I realize a lot of this makes me seem high maintenance. And I am. And I am okay with that. Well I hope this gives you a good laugh. More to come!
I forgot why I didn't like temporary apartments. I have been in one before when we moved to Lafayette and now I remember. At first I thought it has to be better than the hotel because it is bigger. We can sleep in separate rooms and not have to hide Eli's bed behind the couch so he doesn't see us. Well I wrong. Where to start....
The master bedroom has a beautiful view. Beautiful!
But that is where it ends. This apartment is set one street off of the main street. It only has single pane windows. It is noisy! NOISY!!! The first night (a Friday) was so bad. Apparently people like to race their rich cars on the weekend. All you can hear is the engines of Lamborghinis and Ferraris all night long. Other muscle cars too. It is sooooooo loud! And then of course you hear sirens, horns, and any other noise. Okay besides that the bed is broken. And the mattress is so bad that it is a V where it has been flipped and I am pretty sure I might have rolled off of it. Owen came into our room about 3:30 (normal) but refused to sleep in there and asked me to come sleep in the comfy bed with him. I jumped on that opportunity. Since then Eli sleeps in the master bedroom by himself (with music) and we opt to sleep with Owen. You know it is bad when you choose to sleep with a toddler.
The small shower doesn't drain. After flooding the bathroom, we use the extremely small shower. I didn't think it could get smaller but it does. I can't even shave my legs in it. I have to shave at the sink then take a shower. Now in case you have missed it there are no bathtubs so the boys are having to shower. Well with the shower being so teeny tiny I have to kneel down outside of it and wash them, while getting drenched. It is fun! FUN! Take this picture and imagine me at the corner on my knees. And yes Eli tries to get back in after being done.
Then you move to Owen's room. The curtain doesn't block out the light, so about 6:30 each morning Owen bounds out of bed and says "The sun is up! It's wake up time!" Yay! Of course that doesn't really matter because there is a rooster that starts to crow about 5 am. Yes I said a I rooster. You read that right. And yes I live in the city. Busy area around me. No farms.
Okay then we have ants. And the oven doesn't work. And since it is temporary we have only one sauce pan and skillet. It takes a while to cook since I have to cook in stages and move stuff to other dishes. You can hear the peoples doorbells from upstairs and next door to you.
Oh and I hate to clean! I really really hate to clean. And that is probably what I miss the most about the hotel. I realize I can not avoid it any more and must vacuum tomorrow and mop. No, I have not gone a week and half without cleaning. I have done it and just would really prefer to not do it.
I realize a lot of this makes me seem high maintenance. And I am. And I am okay with that. Well I hope this gives you a good laugh. More to come!
