Not much is happening, actually. Life has settled back down after the general excitement of learning that we're moving to India soon.
"Soon" is an uncertain term. Johnny must complete his language training and rotation training. The Dehli post is requesting that he arrive ASAP, so rotation training will most likely be cut short. Dehli does not have a designated language, so Johnny can pick whatever language he wants to learn. He will pick it based on where we decide we want to be posted in the future. He is trying to decide between Spanish, French, and Russian. If he chooses Spanish we could be leaving as soon as April since he has already has a bit of Spanish training. Time will tell.
I've started learning Hindi. The language itself isn't difficult, but reading new characters is challenging. I've also started reading up on India in general. Hinduism intrigues me.
The boys are growing up fast. They're talking a little bit more, but I'm still the only one who can really understand them.
The big event of today is grocery shopping. Yesterday's adventure was dinner with Elisabeth, which was lovely. Tomorrow is the Gator game. We keep our days pretty busy now. Yes, I know one event a day doesn't sound like much, but just try it with two toddlers. I dare you.
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- Arianna
- I am an artist. I love to cook, make lists of everything, practice yoga, study languages, play instruments, sing, dance, read, teach, and spend time with my three boys. I'm a foreign service wife and I love all the good, the bad, and the ugly that comes with this gloriously adventurous lifestyle.
3 comments:
Okay I only have one monster and one event a day is pretty much all I can handle! :) India! Very exciting!
I baby-sat two kids the same ages as yours and it was hectic trying to get out of the house and go to the park, I totally understand and applaud your dilligence in getting those rugrats out the door! I vote Spanish --naturally-- but I'd also like to share the wisdom in chosing something other than Russian.
From my Dad, who is a Russian linguist: "Why the hell would you want to learn Russian?! Then you'd have to *talk* to them!" (of course he's leaving out all those awesome eastern-bloc countries that have bound their future fortunes to capitalist markets with chains and big ol' padlocks.)
Props for the Hindi! If anyone can make it happen it's you :)
RUSSIAN!!! Spanish and French can't hold a candle to the Great and Mighty Russian language. :-)
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