Hello my Friends,
Well, some of you asked me how we are doing, so here is the long answer. As far as our coming back to Poland is concerned Slawek and I had hanged up the talk until the end of June, when our kids are out of school. I kind of put my foot down and decided that it is unfair for the children to toss them around the Earth in the middle of the school year. If we had been voluntary coming to our birth country we would have absolutely no clue what school and for how long they need to go. So, till the end of the school year we stay in our place in MA. Kasia needs to get prepared and attend her First Communion, and this requires one full year at the same parish. She missed her opportunity to get this milestone of catholic life last year when we had to move out from California.
In the meantime I am looking for a job. I am looking, sending applications and so far nothing “permanent” happened. It is really hard to find a job after a long absence and being CEO of your own household. By the way, maybe I did not hear from anybody because my .pdf file containing “Resume” was corrupted and no one could open it and read how great I was, before children took over my life.
In the (unlikely) event of me finding a permanent position with a life wage, we are staying at this continent.
Children are doing fine. Kasia is in her third grade, as expected she resists doing homework and going to bed at a decent time (9 pm I am talking), but she is doing well. Twins are in the same kindergarten classroom. They have a brand new teacher, it is her first year of teaching, they do like her. Surprisingly my boy gets more praise than my girl and when this happens, Helena comes home and complains that the teacher offended her because Michal was praised and she was not despite doing equally well. It is kind of funny when the little girl says: “Miss Denyse does not know we are twins and both of us need praise at the same time!”
We had our picture day! I was surprised that here pictures are taken outdoors. Everybody did quite well. At least well enough not to bother with a “take 2″. Class picture was literary group picture, which is a pity because I did like to have everybody’s name under their faces. We are going to have conferences at the beginning of November and I bet I will find out about some interesting school life facts.
We did not move out of our “charming” house. The landlord will replace windows in our bedrooms and two windows in our living room, I have found out that some of our heaters were turned off while others were half way open. That may explain why the house was so cold (average warm living room temperature was 64-65 F).
I gave up and put curtains and sheers in our living room and bedrooms windows. I must say home looks more homey.
Hey Zuzana, guess what I know how to give a boy/man haircut now. Michal was my lab rat, nobody noticed any major flaws in his mushroom haircut. I am so proud of myself.
We are members of EcoTarium in Worcester. It is a pretty awesome place! It is a large place with stuff to explore indoor and out-door, too. It has live and stuffed animals, playground, trails, pond, and year round train rides. Basic family membership lets you in for free to other awesome places in Boston, i.e. Boston Children Museum and Boston Science Museum. Another thing I like about Ecotarium is the fact that it is geared for slightly older children, not little tykes. I am hoping this will keep us healthy after visiting it during winter/flu season.
In conclusions, same old, same old
All the best for all of you.
