Monday, September 2nd - Morale Booster

Jacqui had a better day at school. Her group is fine, they're cute and she enjoyed it. We DIDN'T go shopping today, it was the first time since we've been here that that's happened ('bout time!). We used our time at home to talk to a lot of people back home through Skype; it felt really good to reconnect with a lot of our friends and family. There's even one person who showed me a full can of beer while we we're talking; it was funny! We also cooked a real dinner (for the first time) : steak (australian beef), potatoes and ceasar salad. It was yummy. Finally, we hired a maid for cleaning and ironing. She is coming in on Friday; we'll see how that goes. We'll keep you posted.