Well today had a slow, lazy start with a nice breakfast that Anastasia made for me (scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, yum!). Lazy morning to offset the running about we did in the afternoon.

First it was off to Priscilla’s house (Anastasia’s grandmother, in case you didn’t read the earlier post that mentioned that) to start doing the laundry, hang out with Lucy (Anastasia’s great-grandmother) and to deliver some apple pie.

After that it was off to get everyone’s favourite technological leash. A cellphone! I now have an American phone number, so if you want to talk to me, feel free to email me and ask me for it. Oh yeah, and if you’re gonna call, make sure you’ve got the whole timezone thing sorted out first. It’s a very nice black flip-phone, colour display, etc etc.

Next, back to Priscilla’s house to shift everything from the ‘washer’ (yes, it’s a washing machine) to the dryer. At this point Priscilla actually got home and we helped her get her groceries in from her car.

After this we went to do our own grocery shopping at ‘the store‘. Not too long after we got there, Priscilla gave Anastasia a call and said she had forgotten a few things, could we pick them up? No problem. In theory. We went along, did the shopping, blah blah, everybody knows what that’s like. Except of course for all the weird American brands and packaging, which is different from back home.

Back to Priscilla’s, take her her missing groceries and pick up the washing. However, the washing isn’t quite done yet and (wait for it) we had a slight miscommunication on what to pick up from ‘the store’ and we ended up going back to get it. Well, first we got gas and exchanged some whipped cream in a can that wasn’t working for Priscilla, then we got the last items and went back (again).

After that, we picked up all the laundry and went home. A quiet evening at home, I settled in to do some emails (I’m not exactly making a dent in them just yet), a little tidying up and I shaved. I know, I know… she likes it clean. ^^ Even so, everyone knows it still takes me about three or four days to grow some stubble worth getting a razor for. I have no doubt I’ll be able to grow facial hair… eventually.