Still no Apartment...
Well, it's now Wednesday and we don't have our apartment. "Why?" You ask...well, I really don't know why, except that AMD didn't get authorization in time for payment to the landlord to be sent, and it's been a holiday week/weekend, so that has complicated matters even more. I am waiting to hear today when this all may be completed. I sure would like to move sometime soon! On the bright side, every night we stay here is more hotel points for staying at a Hyatt related hotel elsewhere in the world :)
On Monday, Anthony went to work, both girls were cranky, Liz was still not feeling well - she didn't throw up anymore, but she was tired and didn't want to eat much. She took a long morning nap, which is nice in that Ashley and I got to spend some time alone together. Then I took the girls over to 101 to eat and get out of the hotel for a bit, it was still rainy and icky out. We got back to the hotel and all took naps - long ones, so I think we were all recovering from the weekend and whatever sickness we all had. Anthony got home right after we all woke up. We decided to go eat at TGIFriday's, since we know we won't eat there once we've moved (not worth the money if it's on our dime). The food wasn't the best, never is there, but at least the girls ate some and were in a pretty good mood for most of the meal. When we tried to put the girls to bed that evening, it was utter chaos. Neither of them wanted to go to bed, so we had a lot of crying and screaming going on. I don't think Ashley actually went to sleep until 10:30pm and Liz finally fell asleep for good at around 1:30 am - from 10:00 to 1:30, she was up on and off crying and screaming. We tried Motrin, Teething Tablets and Orajel, none of which seemed to work. The only thing that would help in any way was nursing her, and that's when she finally went to sleep. Poor baby, it'll be nice when she can be a little more communicative so I can understand what is hurting her when she's upset.
Thank goodness Tuesday was a holiday and Anthony didn't have to go to work! We all slept in until after 8am! We had ordered room service for breakfast the night before and they delivered it around 8am, waking us all up. It was nice though to eat breakfast in our room instead of upstairs on the 22nd floor as we do almost every other morning. It was nice just laying around in jammies and not having to shower and get dressed and ready just to eat breakfast. We watched the Cowboys play the Redskins for Monday night football (we call it Tuesday morning football here:) and it was fun to see them win! I had even bought Tostitos Chips and Salsa to celebrate the fact that we got to watch the game (I found them at Jason's supermarket in 101 - expensive, but well worth the money just for a little nostalgia). It was great taking those first few bites of chips and tasting their wonderful saltiness and crispness. A taste of home!
After the game, we decided to go somewhere, it had stopped raining and the girls seemed to be feeling better. So, we took the MRT originally intending to go to a park, but it was a little hot and humid out for that, so we went instead to see one of the other hotels that Anthony had toured here months ago when he was out on a visit. Not as nice as the Hyatt, but they have a Duty Free Shop on their basement level, along with HIGH END shops such as Louis Vutton, Chane, Ralph Lauren, Mont Blanc, etc. We did a little shopping in the Duty Free area and then ate lunch at one of their Italian buffet restaurants (it was ok). There is a park next to the hotel, so after lunch we let the girls run around there a bit (it was starting to cool off in the late afternoon so it was very nice out). There is a ToysRUs next to the park also, so we had to visit it :) We've been to one other ToysRUs store here, in one of the malls, but this one was much bigger and had more stuff. Ashley had fun running around getting into stuff and pointing out everything she wants - which is a lot! She did get in trouble a few times for running off where we couldn't see her, which is one of her favorite things to do. I don't think she does it on purpose, she just gets to caught up in the excitement of seeing all the toys that she just keeps walking without realizing that she isn't anywhere near us anymore. After ToysRUs, we were heading back in the direction of the MRT and decided to visit on the malls (Mitsukoshi) that I'd been to before, with an indoor play area, to look for shoes for Liz. We also had gift certificates to spend there (Anthony had gotten them as a gift at one of the holidays when he first got here). So, we headed there and Ashley and Liz had great fun running around on the indoor playground. We did find some shoes for Liz too - nice thick walking ones, in red. I wanted pink, but they didn't carry them in pink and Red seemed to be the only other color that might stand up to the dirt and filth of the streets here - we'll see! She's just walking so much now that she needed some good shoes to wear since I'm tired of cleaning her black feet all the time. It was late after the shopping, around 7pm, so we took a cab back to the hotel, gave the girls a bath, put them to bed and ordered room service for dinner. I'll be so glad to have a kitchen so I can make myself a sandwich or soup or pasta for a quick dinner, instead of having to order room service and wait for a meal that isn't always good.
On Monday, Anthony went to work, both girls were cranky, Liz was still not feeling well - she didn't throw up anymore, but she was tired and didn't want to eat much. She took a long morning nap, which is nice in that Ashley and I got to spend some time alone together. Then I took the girls over to 101 to eat and get out of the hotel for a bit, it was still rainy and icky out. We got back to the hotel and all took naps - long ones, so I think we were all recovering from the weekend and whatever sickness we all had. Anthony got home right after we all woke up. We decided to go eat at TGIFriday's, since we know we won't eat there once we've moved (not worth the money if it's on our dime). The food wasn't the best, never is there, but at least the girls ate some and were in a pretty good mood for most of the meal. When we tried to put the girls to bed that evening, it was utter chaos. Neither of them wanted to go to bed, so we had a lot of crying and screaming going on. I don't think Ashley actually went to sleep until 10:30pm and Liz finally fell asleep for good at around 1:30 am - from 10:00 to 1:30, she was up on and off crying and screaming. We tried Motrin, Teething Tablets and Orajel, none of which seemed to work. The only thing that would help in any way was nursing her, and that's when she finally went to sleep. Poor baby, it'll be nice when she can be a little more communicative so I can understand what is hurting her when she's upset.
Thank goodness Tuesday was a holiday and Anthony didn't have to go to work! We all slept in until after 8am! We had ordered room service for breakfast the night before and they delivered it around 8am, waking us all up. It was nice though to eat breakfast in our room instead of upstairs on the 22nd floor as we do almost every other morning. It was nice just laying around in jammies and not having to shower and get dressed and ready just to eat breakfast. We watched the Cowboys play the Redskins for Monday night football (we call it Tuesday morning football here:) and it was fun to see them win! I had even bought Tostitos Chips and Salsa to celebrate the fact that we got to watch the game (I found them at Jason's supermarket in 101 - expensive, but well worth the money just for a little nostalgia). It was great taking those first few bites of chips and tasting their wonderful saltiness and crispness. A taste of home!
After the game, we decided to go somewhere, it had stopped raining and the girls seemed to be feeling better. So, we took the MRT originally intending to go to a park, but it was a little hot and humid out for that, so we went instead to see one of the other hotels that Anthony had toured here months ago when he was out on a visit. Not as nice as the Hyatt, but they have a Duty Free Shop on their basement level, along with HIGH END shops such as Louis Vutton, Chane, Ralph Lauren, Mont Blanc, etc. We did a little shopping in the Duty Free area and then ate lunch at one of their Italian buffet restaurants (it was ok). There is a park next to the hotel, so after lunch we let the girls run around there a bit (it was starting to cool off in the late afternoon so it was very nice out). There is a ToysRUs next to the park also, so we had to visit it :) We've been to one other ToysRUs store here, in one of the malls, but this one was much bigger and had more stuff. Ashley had fun running around getting into stuff and pointing out everything she wants - which is a lot! She did get in trouble a few times for running off where we couldn't see her, which is one of her favorite things to do. I don't think she does it on purpose, she just gets to caught up in the excitement of seeing all the toys that she just keeps walking without realizing that she isn't anywhere near us anymore. After ToysRUs, we were heading back in the direction of the MRT and decided to visit on the malls (Mitsukoshi) that I'd been to before, with an indoor play area, to look for shoes for Liz. We also had gift certificates to spend there (Anthony had gotten them as a gift at one of the holidays when he first got here). So, we headed there and Ashley and Liz had great fun running around on the indoor playground. We did find some shoes for Liz too - nice thick walking ones, in red. I wanted pink, but they didn't carry them in pink and Red seemed to be the only other color that might stand up to the dirt and filth of the streets here - we'll see! She's just walking so much now that she needed some good shoes to wear since I'm tired of cleaning her black feet all the time. It was late after the shopping, around 7pm, so we took a cab back to the hotel, gave the girls a bath, put them to bed and ordered room service for dinner. I'll be so glad to have a kitchen so I can make myself a sandwich or soup or pasta for a quick dinner, instead of having to order room service and wait for a meal that isn't always good.
posted by The Armstrongs at
9/29/2004
