Sunday

Sunday afternoon and we are cleaning in anticipation of our sea shipment. Cleaning...lots of fun, right? Our sea shipment should have docked someplace in Europe today and we hope that it clears customs and gets here by Thursday. If not, we are out of luck until next week due to Good Friday and Easter Monday being serious holidays. We have been without our belonging since February 17...
Spring has arrived and it was 70 degrees and sunny on Friday! Absolutely beautiful. The rest of the weekend it has been cloudy, but about 50-60. Friday we went to dinner at the American Sports Bar so we could watch the NCAA tourney. Afterwards, we decided that we would check out the part of the Casino that we can get into which is the slot area. From the outside it looked Huge, but inside it was a disappointment - same machines you would see at home, but not very many of them. But they do have video poker, Lori!

Did some shopping yesterday and we found out that contact lens solution can only be purchased at an eye doctor and of course, it is expensive. The brand that I use at home is about $5 something a bottle at Target. The same brand here, but in a smaller bottle, is about $17 USD!! Looks like we need to stock up or get laser eye surgery! We also looked for a TV and dryer - Dan will go purchase this week as air drying our stuff just isn't getting the job done (not so soft!). I would say that our clothes have never been this clean - it takes 2 hours and 12 minutes for each load to be washed.

We booked our flights today for Jenna's wedding and are so looking forward to being home in about a month (Jenna and crew, we arrive Wednesday morning and depart Sunday morning). Keep Saturday, April 23 open as that is the day we fly home and would love to see as many people as possible that night. We will be staying on the east side either with Jay (if his condo is complete) or my parents....so west siders, be prepared to cross over the Oakland/Macomb dividing line...east side (shout out to AT&T , Rebecca, and Nat)!!

Thanks to all for the cards, pictures, letter, newsarticles, etc. It's a great feeling to get mail! Even though email is wonderful, it's nice to get real mail....

We have started calling people this week, but the time change makes it a bit tough during the week. We are typically in bed by 10 our time, 4 at home, so we will just keep trying.

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