Drop in the Ocean

This is the second post today, I felt compelled to get back on with another update. The last posting showed some of my frustration, but I just came home from Bean's school -they had an Easter program and it made me feel so much better. My children can cheer me up from the worst of bad moods, and watching Bean's beaming smile with her new British friends as they sang some songs, just warmed my heart. She seems really happy and finally a little more settled at her school. The assembly was with the whole school, and they sang some really great songs. One of the songs really hit me. "Every life is just a drop in the ocean, drop of emotion. I can raise up like rain, and fall down like thunder". We will get through this crazy time and we will learn the differences and how to navigate this country. I will learn to call the bathrooms, the toilets. The boots are wellies, pants are trousers (pants are what they refer to as underwear here, so if you say pants, they giggle). Vests are t-shirts, trainers are tennis shoes, the pram is the stroller, the trolley is the shopping cart, lemonade is sprite, chips are fries, crisps are potato chips....and on and on. Trying to cook the other day, I read the directions on the box and it said to use the hob (stovetop) to heat the pan, to use 500 grams of chicken and a 150grams of cheese. They use milliliters to measure liquids. I already struggled with cooking, at least I have an excuse now to be bad at it. Time of day is military time, so I am constantly trying to figure out what 2240 is or 1800. The temperature is Celsius. I am sure we will figure all of this out, it will just take some time. Now on to London for our trip!