American Pie

Visited the US Embassy today (aka Costco).  Hallelujah!  Home of American made mayo, ketchup and much much more!  Seriously, Matt and I were high-fiving each other over the giant tubs of Best Foods Mayonnaise.  When he saw the over-sized bottles of Hershey's chocolate syrup, he sang a tearful rendition of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA".  This isn't an exaggeration. They don't sell these things in the local grocery stores.

Speaking of food, I should note that we have not tried the vegemite yet.  There is a jar of it in our pantry courtesy of a care package from my new boss but we haven't tried it yet.  I'll be sure to let you know. 

Good news!  Two thirds of our air shipment arrived this week. It was like Christmas Day opening all those boxes of our own stuff.  The last ten boxes are still in quarantine.  It's starting to feel like a real home around here though.

Matt has been working third shift this week as he continues to support his US accounts.  The unusual sleep schedule is starting to affect his normally laid-back demeanor.  It doesn't seem to help when I remind him its temporary. 

Next week is the last week of "vacation".  Then, the boys will start full-time daycare and I will start my new job.  Charley will be home with Matt for a couple more weeks.  School starts for her on the 31st of Jan.  The kids are all doing really well.  Grey insists we are not in Australia though because he hasn't seen any kangaroos.

Oh, and we caved and went and bought a portable air-conditioner on the one day it was in the 90s.  A "mate" walking through parking lot as we were shoving it in our trunk called us soft.  It worked though.  It's been in the 70s ever since!