Arriving

Arriving is not something that happens all at once, is it. I have a feeling I will still feel like I am arriving in a few weeks.

We physically arrived on Tuesday afternoon. The husband of Charles' colleague here picked us up at the airport. Luckily he drives a nice normal size station wagon so was able to fit all our suitcases in the car. He had already been to the apartment a couple days earlier to stock the fridge for us (including at least 5 different kinds of cheese, all of them delicious). It was too cold so he called maintaince and had it up to a toasty 22c when we arrived. Not only that, they had stocked the apartment with toys for Kalee - a keyboard, puzzles, games, some stuffed animals, a remote control car and a never-been-opened LEGO camper. The camper is so cool. They also gave us a cell phone to use. And they are having us over for lunch on Sunday. Such a wonderful and generous welcome. We are so grateful.

Our bodies are still in the process of arriving. I'm not sure what time zone they've made it so far, but they certainly haven't quite gotten to Finland. We are going to have to resort to using the alarm clock this weekend to try to get in sync and get Kalee to school before 11 am.