It's hard to believe that 18 days have gone by. In 18 days though, we have developed a routine here. The Nanny comes to the apartment at 7:45am to spend the day with Nicholas and pick up Maggie after school. Katy, Maggie and I leave the apartment at 8am. Maggie's school bus makes a stop at the apartment complex around 8:10. We see Maggie off, then hop on the shuttle bus to downtown. First stop is Katy, then my stop. The Nanny picks Maggie up at school at 3:30 and head back to the apartment. Around 5:00 Katy and I meet up at a mutual shuttle stop to head back to the apartment. The Nanny leaves and we cook dinner. Kids off to tubbies and bed, then we have maybe 2 hours of time.
The funny part about this is that this is all TEMPORARY. We move to our final apartment March 1 and have to develop a whole new routine as the school bus doesn't stop at the complex, the nanny is temporary and we will get a helper, etc.
It is the real challenge of being an expat. You really can't get all bent out of shape on what is temporary. You make due, develop a routine in the moment. You have to. then you move on to the next scenario.
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