I liken it to arriving at tescos with a baby in one arm, a pile of
shopping bags in the other and a toddler hanging onto my leg only to realise
that I have no pound coin for my shopping trolley. Not a huge disaster but
mildly frustrating at the same time... usually frustrating that I hadn't been
more organised beforehand! So today we got into a taxi thinking that we had the
right change to pay for it, only to discover that we didn't. As Ray already
mentioned the issue with change I knew that there was no way the driver would
have change for my 10,000 tenge note (around £33). I also knew that with 3
children who can barely shuffle along when kitted out in their snow gear there
was no chance of us dashing anywhere to find change. Thankfully the taxi driver
was kind and I think he took pity on me and let me off the last 50 tenge when I
had emptied my purse. Fortunately it was the same kind driver who came back to
collect us 3 hours later, by which time we had found the only local shop and
managed to get some change whilst buying some (particularly revolting it later
turned out!) frozen vegetables. So I was able to pay for the next journey plus
the extra I owed him for the first.
This was our first outing (except for family trips at the weekend) since
last Tuesday as we've had a poorly coldy Rebekah and have hibernated lots. I am
really missing getting out and walking places! We finally saw our friends and
had a quick toddler group followed by an art lesson. Squeezed in a little Maths
and Literacy on our return and a good skype with the grandparents and
Matthias's buddy Finn. Matthias enjoyed a special Daddy / son outing this
evening and all three children are now asleep and I have pg tips... bliss! Ray
continues to prepare for a lecture tomorrow and be frustrated by the crazy UK bank
accounts... he is muttering at the computer every few minutes!
Ali
Mutter, mutter...
Ray
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