The day started off well enough. We went to the park and played quite a while. J. even spent a little time on the swings - a flat board with chains to hold on to...not the snug little seats you find in the States. But he enjoyed himself. S. and i got a chance to talk and sort things out. I'm still in a funk, but at least he and i are ok.
After we got the kids bathed and fed, they went down for their naps in time for mum and i to go shopping. We went to General Bazaar - haven't been there yet and it's chock full of stores...yeah. We actually bought quite a few things that i'd needed and unfortunately, because we went to other places first, we found that many of the things i was looking for were much cheaper here than at the stores where i actually bought them. ARGH! Next time we're coming here first! I'll have to bring S. back here, i'm sure he'd enjoy it.
When mum and i got back home, the kids were still sleeping - yeah! But S. and Dad couldn't get as much done since they had visitors. Guys from a bank who came to talk to us about investing with them. The plans they were giving us sounded too good to be true with excellent interest rates. No taxes or fees?! Really!? We were ready to sign on...but since the power was out, we couldn't get copies of our IDs made. They left, promising to return with the necessary paperwork.
They did come back an hour later...but the current was still out. ARGH! What is going on!? We signed a bunch of forms and promised to make copies as soon as we got power and send them over to the bank. S. was a little skeptical at the speed of signing...the guy just gave us blank forms to sign and said he'd fill in the rest later. That is a little how they do things here, but i'm glad S. asked to read some of those forms. Still, the number of forms and signatures was a bit daunting.
Power remained out till just after 7:00 p.m. - 8 hours!!! How is anyone supposed to get anything done? And they give us no prior notice, or anything...just shut it down. Guess why? Yup - they were cutting down another tree. Somehow our side of the street has the power lines, so anytime a tree has to be cut, it's on our side of the street..ARGH...how did we get the short end of the stick? They should have put the power lines in the middle of the street, where it would be easy to chop down a branch or two, instead of felling entire trees. A few years ago, we had to chop down three of our coconut trees - very sad, since we had wonderful coconuts.
Well, anyway, we had to start making dinner by candlelight...thank goodness it's a gas stove, but still very hard to see what you're making. By the time the power came back, mum was halfway through preparing dinner - it was a fun dinner, since she didn't want to take too many risks with curry. Just after we had finished, another couple guys showed up from another bank to talk about investment options. I can't believe they came this late. They spent more than an hour talking to us about our options. ARGH! I sat for a few minutes and listened, but had to get the kids ready for bed - thank goodness i had that as an excuse. In my defense, you really can't expect to show up that late and have people stop their lives for you, especially when young kids are involved. Well, we promised to "think through" what they said and bid them goodnight.
It's late. I've listened to too many big words like "compliance policy" and "ulip vs. term life" and i can't remember...i'm tired. Been up since 6:00 a.m. to go to the park...no nap...no fan for 8 hours...can't think anymore...
