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And what a week it has been (so far)!<\/p>\n

I admit, I started it in pretty bad shape<\/b>.  I was feeling quite sick by Sunday evening (although I managed to make it to a neighbourhood meeting<\/b> – topics ranging from security to cat poop).  And I don’t think I’ve entirely recovered.<\/p>\n

In spite of my health and the current egg shortage<\/b> in Mexico (yes, really), I finally managed to find some eggs on Monday.  Can’t say I didn’t do anything this week.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday – well, for a lot of the week, actually – we were working toward getting our new visas<\/b> for Mexico (the next level up – longer lasting ones).  We’ve been working on this since last November<\/i> (yes, really), of course.  I wonder how many hours I’ve spent on it?<\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s been back and forth with the lawyer lately.<\/p>\n

Problems with our printer<\/b> plagued me on Tuesday, and I was late to my study, with only 1\/2 of the handouts (that is, half per person – only one side of the sheet!).  But it was an interesting study, with a good turn-out.  (Topic – What is the Church?<\/i>)<\/p>\n

On Wednesday I tried to get the printer working properly, but the internet<\/b> seemed to slow almost to a halt.  As you might guess, it seemed that everything I had to do involved either the printer or the internet.<\/p>\n

But believe it or not<\/i> – after about 2 months and 10-15 visits to their office – someone from the cable company<\/b> showed up!  They connected out internet and phone service, ending (hopefully) about 4 years of an internet connection that didn’t really work.<\/p>\n

(Let’s put it this way – our old connection generally wasn’t good enough to watch YouTube videos (for example), and seemed to disconnect completely every time someone in the neighbourhood used their phone.)<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Nathanael was quite sick<\/b> – briefly – but enough to miss a day of school and require … well … a lot of extra cleaning … which we’re still working on.  But he’s a lot better now.<\/p>\n

However, to top the day off, the washing machine<\/b> stopped working and Hannah’s pet fish<\/b> (Sparky) died.  That which came from the sea has returned to the sea [insert flushing sound here<\/i>].<\/p>\n

(No, no connection between the dead fish and broken washing machine.)<\/p>\n\n\n
\"Washing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Today I managed to cancel our old internet\/phone account (the new one is cheaper, did I mention that?) and start getting some supplies for Hannah’s science class.  Ah, the school programs<\/b> are a whole other story – it’s a learning curve, let me tell you (although Shari and the kids are doing a great job).<\/p>\n

We said goodbye to our washing machine today.  We’ll miss it.  Hopefully it will be back next week sometime.<\/p>\n

That’s just some of what’s been entertaining us, on top of our regular work.  Tonight Hannah is going for a sleepover, and tomorrow is the kid’s club\/Bible study, so I’m getting ready for that, among other up-coming events.<\/p>\n

Soooo… still not feeling well, but we’re making progress.  Sort of.  Well, progress in fixing broken things, anyway.  Which reminds me, Nathanael has a hole in his bike tire.  Must get that fixed.  Soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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