Latchkey Entry #1

Karen and Jasmine left for the States today. Karen needs to put down in the U.S. in order to keep her permanent residence status valid. While there she will attend the Southeastern district conference of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, speak at a couple of womens' teas, speak at one church that I know of and have one-on-one time with several of our supporters.

It will be difficult to be apart for two weeks. Jeffrey "understands" that mommy is flying in the airplane, but I'm not certain he appreciates just who long she will be up there.

Jeffrey and I are Karen's latchkey boys. She is concerned that we won't take care of ourselves as she is away (I think her concern lies more in the care of Jeffrey... and it is a valid concern as being Mr. Mom is not my forte). I've decided to record our progress on the blog each day. Giving Karen the ability to check up on us, allowing her to make any comments if it appears that I'm going awry.

Let's get started:

Today, for dinner Jeffrey and I enjoyed toasted cheese sandwiches.

Cultural note: the main meal is served at lunch. Thankfully we have someone helping us out with the lunches. There is no fear of us not having at least one decent meal a day.

Jeffrey ate 7/8 of his sandwich but stopped short of completing it saying that it was giving him an ouchie. I tried to understand exactly what about the sandwich was giving him and "ouchie," but he would just point at one of his fingers and say "right there."

Karen has been wanting Jeffrey to have a haircut, so I did that tonight as well. I wish I had filmed it. He does not like getting his hair cut. He was screaming bloody murder the whole time (all I could do was laugh, which made him scream all the more). I said, "Jeffrey you are being crazy." He said, "I'm not being crazy, I'm being sad!" Throughout he was screaming "Help me! Help me! Where is my mommy!" In the end, he only had one little gouge in his hair. Other than that I think it was a success.

Be sure to check back every day as the Latchkey Chronicles continue.

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