For the most part my move to California has been pretty good. We miss friends, family and the other familiarities from home. It wasn't until the past week that some of my realizations that we have moved far away from everyone. I had a day of sadness and for anyone that knows me I dont come to tears very often. So spending a day getting very teary over some of the littlest things was very strange for me. Coming to the realization that I am so far away from the people who mean the most to me and when I know they need me or I need them and we are not able to just pop over for a hug or chat. I am glad to say it was only a day and one day of crying made a much better week.
As for Liam we have spent the last few months keeping to himself and desperately missing all the people we have left behind. We has started to open up at school and is playing with other kids there but has not made any real connections with any kids at school. Derek and I decided that we could not watch our little boy continue to be sad anymore. We managed to surprise him with a puppy this week. He is an all white Maltese puppy and Liam is in love. He is this tiny little fire ball who loves liam to death. We have only had him for a week and love all the smiles and giggles I have heard over the past week. I have to admit I have enjoyed having the dog around as well it gets a little boring around here during the day.
We do have some visitors planned for October. My parents are coming for their first visit to California. Liam gets a week off in October so what a great time for a visit. We are going to try and get out there and check out a few new places.
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Friday, 5 September 2014
Settling In
We are beginning to settle into our new apartment. It is definitely different getting used to living into an apartment instead of a house. Having no yard and people attached to the side and back of our unit. so I constantly wonder who can hear us, are we disturbing the other people and what they must think about us.
We came here with the intention of renting a house but soon figured out they were not interested in renting to us because we had no rental history and were not established in the American system. So we gave up on the dream of a house and settled for an apartment. We were lucky and found a place that was big enough for us to feel comfortable. Some of the places we saw were really small at around 800 square feet. We managed to get 1000 square feet. I felt bad for Derek because he did not get a place with a garage so we had to put a lot of our stuff in storage. The one thing I miss the most is not having my own washer and dryer. Finally we have got pictures up on the walls and trying to make this place ours.
Next was getting Liam into school. I thought it would be straight forward, well I was wrong. Liam required more immunizations before he could attend school. So we get them done and they except them at the school only to get a call a few days later that Liam did not have all his shots. They apparently missed one so he was kicked out of school until he gets the last shot. Liam's is in a big school. They have 45 class rooms. Liam is in grade 4 and there are 3 grade 4 classes with 30+ students in each class. I know poor Liam feels lost in a sea of kids. I wish he would put himself out there and make friends but he is too shy. He has made some friends but not like he had at home.
We came here with the intention of renting a house but soon figured out they were not interested in renting to us because we had no rental history and were not established in the American system. So we gave up on the dream of a house and settled for an apartment. We were lucky and found a place that was big enough for us to feel comfortable. Some of the places we saw were really small at around 800 square feet. We managed to get 1000 square feet. I felt bad for Derek because he did not get a place with a garage so we had to put a lot of our stuff in storage. The one thing I miss the most is not having my own washer and dryer. Finally we have got pictures up on the walls and trying to make this place ours.
Next was getting Liam into school. I thought it would be straight forward, well I was wrong. Liam required more immunizations before he could attend school. So we get them done and they except them at the school only to get a call a few days later that Liam did not have all his shots. They apparently missed one so he was kicked out of school until he gets the last shot. Liam's is in a big school. They have 45 class rooms. Liam is in grade 4 and there are 3 grade 4 classes with 30+ students in each class. I know poor Liam feels lost in a sea of kids. I wish he would put himself out there and make friends but he is too shy. He has made some friends but not like he had at home.
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