I don't think we can go to the park two mornings in a row...we need to desperately catch up on the sleep we lost the day before.  I could barely keep my eyes open this morning.

At breakfast, S. said that he did some research last night about the "investments" we were thinking about and felt quite uneasy about them.  We believe that the "salesmen" left out a few key details out.  Well, the deal WAS too good to be true.  In hind sight, we're quite glad that the power was out and we weren't able to make copies yesterday.  Once, we handed over our ID information, really, the whole thing would have been lost.  At this point, all they have are our names and signatures, but no money and nothing else tying us to those forms.  God is good...we were really saved from making a hasty decision. They were some pretty slick talkers.  Once S. and i talked about it, we decided that there was nothing here worth investing in that couldn't be done just as well stateside.  So, Dad and S. went to the bank and "talked it over" - really S. went to say that we were out, but had to do it in a manner that wouldn't affect Dad's relationship with the bank.  Yeah, it's all about guanxi here too.  S. said that they were pretty disappointed.  Of course, they were going to get a big commission and we would have left with a giant "SUCKER" on our head.  Yeah, for a gracious God, Who sometimes doesn't let us sink into the pit we dig.

While Dad and S. were there, i had troubles of my own, wasn't able to say "no" so easily.  Mum and Dad know a vendor who brings home made textiles to our home.  Mum and i have bought a whole bunch of stuff from him in years past.  Since they are textiles, they are not consumable goods, so we just keep accumulating these things - there's only so many napkins and placemats that you need!  This guy keeps showing up and we've even introduced him to other friends, so he'd stop coming over - no such luck.  I bought a couple things from him this time around and mum managed to keep her money.  No more!!!  We'll just have to tell him to stop bringing stuff.

After their nap, we decided to try out the park in the evening.  I'm not a big fan of evenings at the park here, but i was willing to give it a shot.  Mum wanted to check out another farmer's market, so they dropped us off at the park and would pick us up in a little while.  They didn't show up until much later and the kids were barely hanging on.  I'm so glad B. didn't have to use the restroom, cause there wasn't one around there.  By the time our ride (Dad) showed up, it was quite dark and the mozzies were in rare form. 

The kids are plum tuckered out...B. actually fell asleep by 10:00 p.m. - they ran around for almost two hours in the park.  J. took a nap this afternoon, so stayed up a little longer, but finally gave in.  Wow...my kids really have some energy - i have to practically run them raw before they'll willingly crawl into bed.  Well, they're there now and i'm enjoying some quiet time.