Tuesday

Sorry about no post yesterday. To be honest, I was waiting for something interesting to happen.

Josh started his swim tryouts yesterday morning bright and early. He did really well. There are about 40 kids trying out for 16 spots. He is one of the oldest boys in his age group and seemed to be keeping up with the fastest. We are crossing our fingers around here because he really seems to have his heart set on making the team.

Helmut started his basketball tryouts today after school. He felt like it went really well. He has the advantage of being one of the oldest kids in his age group so that always helps. He is also really counting on making the team, so we are hoping for the best.

We got great news today! Our house will be ready to move in by Monday. I have arranged to have some temporary rental furniture brought in Monday as well. They bring everything you need from the beds, couches and chairs down to the dishes, sheets and towels. They set it all up for you and then when you are finished with it, they come back and take it all down for you. Shell will cover the cost for us since they have no temporary housing available. We will also get our car this weekend. By Monday night we will feel almost settled in. Helmut is planning on staying in town to help out which will be nice. We have a ton of paperwork to complete at various government buildings which he obviously cannot do while he is in London all week.