Backing up a little I was hoping to see some of the Irish country side on my way to town or flying in but no....it was super thick fog! Lol. Soo I stead I just watched all the people get on the bus and off...at one point I asked a random lady when my bus stop would be cause I felt lie, I had been on there forever...but she said it was the very last stop before heading back to Dublin soo hat made sense. I didn't get to see a whole lot but I did see there was lots of sheep!! Lol
So when I got to my stop Jen and Abbie were there waiting! Then we went to me new home!
The house was a lot bigger then I was thinking it was going to be, my room is like the master bedroom lol. It's a good setup! :)
So then I got to spend some time whith the kids...the boys are happy chaps and Abbie kept wanting me todo everything with her. Me and Jen talked about "people" from before and after lunch I was dead....I mean I felt fine but my brain kept zoning out I had been awake for over 36 hours lol So I took a nap!
Later that day we went to town and she showed me where all the shops are and where I will be taking the kids. It's a cute little town...it's not huge but has very thing you need. Apparently the town is known for the prison!! Lovely
The next couple days ..just getting in routine with the kids and getting them used to me. Going out shopping and hanging out.
Friday we went to Dublin...the boys had a dr appointment. Jen totally filled me I. On a lot or Irish history and junk about the Catholic Church. I'm glad I have her cause she herself is a big history buff and so she knows soooooo much informatIon on everything here. Like there is a castle ruins a few miles from our house and she knew the whole back story on the castle and everything. It's awesome!
Saturday even though is my "day off" i still helped out and did things with her. Later that day we went over to Joe's ( the dad) sisters for a family BBQ thing. I didn't realize he had 10 bro and sis. Lets just say there was a lot of people lol. They had two bouncy castles...which I was on like the whole time....I was helping Abbie :p So I got to meet all his family which is good cause ill probably see them quite a bit around town.
Sunday....I thought was gonna be my first meeting....nope....found out Friday hats its assembly this weekend and that it's in Wexford. Which is about and hour and half away all the way to the bottom on Ireland on the coast.
Anyway so I called the bro who I had a number for and asked if someone could take me! Not a problem! It ended up being his daughter who lives right behind our house! So I was a bit nervous just cause I had no clue what to expect lol ...but 7:30am cas pull up and honk their horn and the. It's like 4 people frantic.y moving stuff in a car to another car that had pulled up and the one sis says hi but keeps doing her thing and and the. Her husbands like go sit in the front...so I do! Lol the. I hear a lil squeaky voice..... "Hi lyndsey!!" I look back and there is two of the cutest lil kids back there...twins. Shiloh and Gigi! They are 4 years old and so cute! Anyway by this time everyone is in a car and off we go. It was nice drive...went through some of the cutest/ picturesque towns. It was good to talk to a witness and see how things are from their point of view. I asked her like how do people view JW's. and she said that most people don't even know who we are. Or all they know is that we're the crazy door knockers and don't except blood! She said that witnesses can't even adopt kids because of the blood issue. I thought that was pretty interesting! Then she told me how we arnt meeting at our Kingdom Hall at night because ...it's in the rough neighbor hood and people were throwing rocks and trying to set them on fire. Errr scary!! Lol
So when we got to the assembly it was in a big hotel. It was a lot more awk then I was expecting. Just because I knew nobody and I didn't even know where to start and I was t sure of how they did things..not that it would be that different but still there was still just so much going on. We went and got our seats and I met allot the sis family. She has like 4 or 5 bro and sis and they all married with tons of kids soo there was a lot of them and that's like the majority of my hall soo at least I got to meet all them. It was fun listening to the talks...1 because I still am getting used to the accent and 2 cause there is soo much verity. Lots of bros from the UK, heaps form Poland. It was funny I was just listening and I thought...this bro sounds weird...he was American..he sounded weird cause he didn't have an accent. Lol So come lunch time..we went and had lunch..the I was just sorta following her around cause I knew no one. I met a few young sis for. My hall and was asking them what they did for fun and they just stared at me :/ not a good sign lol I asked them if like groups of people go to Dublin and like go ice skating or something and she was like I wish....hmmm still not a good sign. Later I found out they were pretty young soo I'm hoping that's why they did nothing. Lol. Soo I will have to wait and go to regular meeting and see who's actually there and try and get in with some peeps. Is driving me nutzo now knowing anyone.
So then this week...just been working watching the kids..hanging out... Talking with Jen about places I need to see and how much fun were gonna have when we go to Spain and all the shopping we need todo!! It's not good that she's a shopper cause then together it will be a big problem.
One problem I've been having is that is is bloody freezing here. My hand and feet are constantly cold...I've been sleeping with my hewn under the covers and with a heater water thing...and I cringe at the thought of going the bathroom because it seriously feels like your peeing on ice cubes!! Lol. But it shouldn't last long...it's my fault anyway I bring the bad weather everywhere I go....they said it hadn't snowed here in 2 years well it snowed twice soo far lol
Also everyone says you can get all four seasons in one day...well it's true I've seen it multiple times already!! Lol
Also another lil thing....Abbie the little two year old apparently didn't get on so well with the last nanny and now is all about me doing stuff with her and Jen said today that both the neighbor (Ann who watches her all the time) and her Nana ( Jens mom, who stayed over last night) and Joe can see a difference in Abbie...not just around me but she said she seems all together happier!! Which makes me happy cause all little kids should be happy!!
Oh and I'm sick! :(.
Well that's all for this week...we shall see what happens next week!!
*Havent done a whole lot yet so pictures are of just around town and with the kids*
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