Well, it's my turn for this attempt at posting on a blog. I can't believe that I am BLOGGING! This might just be one way of keeping it straight for the record (if need be). Here's the latest in our walk up to the starting line. We are leaving in five days--for the record-- and I am counting...I am counting and loosing sleep. We fly out on November 11 from Vancouver to arrive in Naraita, Japan for our 24 hour layover at the Holiday Inn (voted #1 by Trip Advisor-if you can believe that). Quite frankly, I don't care what it is voted or even how clean the beds are--I care about "Can I Sleep, is it even possible?"
I am relieved that we have a landing pad as we don't yet in Bali-Ubud. This may seem riduculous but it is proving harder to get a place by the week or month then we thought! If only SOMEONE would email us back or even pick up their phone.
We are also under pressure to pack the neccessities for our journey. In the past (as in pre-kids--P.K) this was easy. Now, I am not so sure. Gone are the days of having a beer with Karina, just throwing some stuff into a backpack with a few mesh baggies and going. The top priorites are infant tylenol (both kids are teething) and extra large diapers (syd the kid--hey we are working on it). The Balinese however have us beat as it seems that their little anak-anak's (children) are toilet trained a heck of a lot earlier then ours. I have also looked up UHT milk as that also seems to be the type of milk that we can find over there--all looks good on that front. I have had the quick 101 on UHT milk.
Although I haven't left Canadian soil yet I am missing my neighbourhood friends and their children. Sydney keeps asking, "where are the kids?" at the quiet playground in Naramata. She has also figured out how to punch an emotional button or two with me by her daily chant of "mommy, I am ready to go home"...ha...what home!? :) Get ready kid, your passport is your shelter and Bali is your playground!
I am relieved that we have a landing pad as we don't yet in Bali-Ubud. This may seem riduculous but it is proving harder to get a place by the week or month then we thought! If only SOMEONE would email us back or even pick up their phone.
We are also under pressure to pack the neccessities for our journey. In the past (as in pre-kids--P.K) this was easy. Now, I am not so sure. Gone are the days of having a beer with Karina, just throwing some stuff into a backpack with a few mesh baggies and going. The top priorites are infant tylenol (both kids are teething) and extra large diapers (syd the kid--hey we are working on it). The Balinese however have us beat as it seems that their little anak-anak's (children) are toilet trained a heck of a lot earlier then ours. I have also looked up UHT milk as that also seems to be the type of milk that we can find over there--all looks good on that front. I have had the quick 101 on UHT milk.
Although I haven't left Canadian soil yet I am missing my neighbourhood friends and their children. Sydney keeps asking, "where are the kids?" at the quiet playground in Naramata. She has also figured out how to punch an emotional button or two with me by her daily chant of "mommy, I am ready to go home"...ha...what home!? :) Get ready kid, your passport is your shelter and Bali is your playground!
2 comments:
Bon Voyage, guys!!!!
Tara, you can get all sorts of milk over this way, including rice milk and organic soy milk too. For real milk, try the tetrapaks of milk from New Zealand. Apparently their cows like to munch on eucalyptus leaves and it makes their dairy products all the sweeter and creamier tasting. Mmm mmm mmm.
Wear your sunscreen!
Love,
Lee ;)
PS LOVE the swing set photo!!
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