Okay - so this blogging thing gets harder - not easier. I cannot tell you how many times I have sat down to start a new post - and just been overwhelmed with where to start. I finally realise that it is impossible to give an honest summary of this time in our lives - our attitude seems to change from day to day - and there seems to be so little real news to report that the whole concept of an update seems ridiculous. So I am going to attempt a new strategy......and will update you on our observations of life in the USA ...and more specifically life in Texas - because it is so drastically different to life in Knysna. I find myself constantly pondering on how we so-called 'civilised' people can have so many different ways of going about normal life. Plus we figure it is mostly South African's (and Zimbabweans) reading this blog - so you might enjoy the observations.
But before I get that going - I think you all deserve a brief status report on the Crow family.
1. We are living in Kyle, Texas (just South of Austin - the Capital - and a really cool city!)
2. We are living in our own place, a 2 bedroom apartment with borrowed furniture and no TV (not a big deal to us but seems to be a big deal to most people we meet - so thought it might be important enough to include)
3. We have a new car - a second hand Honda Accord that is great - but the logistics have been a nightmare....more in another post.
4. Quincy has a part time job at a large retail home improvement store - not the dream job we moved across the globe for...but we still trusting that will come. For now we have an income - and Quincy is learning some great skills.
5. Ezra is great. He is getting so big - walking, discovering, saying a few words, signing tons (worth the effort new Moms and Mom's to be!) We have joined a great Moms Group that meet up for play dates and fun field trips.
6. We have had some great times connecting with Quincy's old friends (they're not old...not any older than us...just friends from BW...before Wendy)
7. The economic crisis is way worse than we thought - and Americans are way more negative than we anticipated.
8. Obama is not nearly as popular here as he is there
9. I am already going off track
10. To summarise...we making progress, getting settled, but this is so much harder than we thought it would be - there are days when we ready to give up, days when we try hard to remember what we came here for, and days when we don't even know how to verbally express what we feeling. But we're learning lessons, we're learning the meaning of family and learning to find out how the three of us can stand together on our own. We are team Crow - and we are strong!
Love you all...look out for our take on life in Texas
Wendy and the boys
PS.
11. We miss home a lot!!!!
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