The first was getting us all through it without Mike being around. His presence does two things, it gives me a break from the kids and gives them a break from me!!!! I still have two weeks to go in this department. Thank God I have two good kids that are mostly obedient and easy to keep entertained. Uggh!
The second thing I survived was I successfully took and passed the drivers test. The third thing we all survived was actually driving, and not once but twice!!! The test was no big deal, just read the manual, and take the test, which only took about 20mins. Then you get to sit through an hour of silly video torture that pretty much only applies if you will be driving military vehicles. The only thing the videos say that is VERY true is that anything can happen on the roads here and "situational awareness" is key. Boy is that the truth! I have seen a lot of craziness on the roads as a passenger, but at least you can try to ignore whats happening and look out the window... But when you are driving you get to see everything! On Thursday, I had some errands to do that required the car, so I packed up the kids and off we went. Did you know that if you are a Korean on a moped that you can do anything you like? You can pass anytime, any vehicle, swerve in and out of traffic, skip red lights, whatever! If you are in a taxi you can get out (or in) at anytime you feel, even in the middle of the road in heavy traffic. Oh and my personal favorite, if the road is two lanes on each side and you are stopped at a red light in the right lane and the car in the left lane changes their mind and wants to make a right instead of going straight, they just put on their directional (which they just assume you see) and make a right in front of you from the left lane! This is just the tip of the iceberg on the driving skills of Koreans! When Mike gets back and is driving I will try and video one day so we can share this experience.
My license, not at all fancy like our states licenses.
We also survived the typhoon, or lack there of!!! Yes they were predicting a typhoon, so better be prepared right. The weather said rain all day for the next 3 days, and it did rain... However, on Tuesday afternoon after rain all morning, we got ready to catch the bus to post, put on rain boots and grabbed umbrellas. Of course as soon as we got out the door, no rain... just lots of hot sunshine and really humid weather! Grrr. So Wednesday it was threatening rain again, this time no boots, but we brought the umbrellas. Again no rain, just bright sunshine! And again Saturday it rained all morning, and we were headed to post to catch a movie and go to church in the afternoon. So I put on the rain boots again, and grabbed the umbrellas! It drizzled a little, but nothing that required being quite so prepared! I guess the weather man is not my friend, and if I want sunshine, I should bring my umbrella!!!!
I actually didn't have much to take pictures of this week, but there are a few from just one morning when the kids were being especially cute! Rhyon is walking much more now, letting go of things and taking steps across the room to toys and such. By the time Mike gets back Rhyon will be running to him!
The kids playing in their new wagon.
Gettin' ready for trouble!
Stealing the spotlight, as usual.
My kids seem so big...
We had jumping practice. This was her best shot!
Me being silly with Rhyon, while letting Giulianna play with my camera.
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