That's a Lotta Water!

Today it poured buckets of rain all morning long. There was no thunder, but it set off a car alarm near our hotel. When it seemed to be letting up, we went to the shopping area and bought umbrellas. It seemed like a good time to take care of that. Sure thing, it pretty much stopped raining for the day.

We got a bank account set up today with the help of someone from Brad’s work and the bank manager. I now have a “magic card” for shopping (debit). It’s a lot easier than trying to figure out the cash, but I think money will spend too quickly that way, so I’d better get the hang of this money thing ASAP. Also, I need to get a battery operated calculator. My solar one in my purse won’t work under the store lights.

We hope to hear from the school soon about the admissions status for our kids. It will be nice to have that cleared up – since school starts in one week (yikes).

We will move into our apartment tomorrow or the next day. It will be so nice to have a place to call home. What a relief that will be. We may not have internet access for a few days though. I don’t know how long it will take to get that connected.

One interesting thing here: You do not tip service people here. Bellboys, restaurant servers, etc., will look at you like you are crazy if you try.