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Brandon playing at the Forum
I am soooo tired! It's been such a fast and busy week, but I've had some trouble falling asleep at night. Now that we can watch tv shows on the computer, I think I'm staying up too late catching up on shows, mainly Glee.
This morning, Brandon and I walked Steven to the train station. We also met a friend there. (I should probably start using people's names. I'm meeting so many great people here!) My friend's name is Amanda, and she is the one we had breakfast with yesterday. She also goes to the AWA meetups, so we met at the train station in order to walk to the Forum together.
This week, she and I were the only ones who showed up at the coffee shop, so after a drink and some great conversation, we decided to walk around the mall. Brandon was starting to get a little crazy sitting in the high chair.
A little later, another mom from the AWA, Kristie, met me and Brandon at the playground in the Forum. We let the boys play for a bit and then grabbed some lunch together.
I didn't really have any plans this afternoon, but while I was out this morning I got a text message from a mom that I met at Royce Gym on Tuesday. She invited me back to Royce to meet her. Brandon was up from his nap and in a good mood, so we decided to join them. Vanessa is from New Zealand and her son, Isaac, is 18 months. Another one of her friends also joined us, and then the three of us hit up Starbucks on the way out.
I was really hoping to walk home from the gym, but it was raining pretty hard when we left Liang Court. Brandon and I took a cab home. It seems like it rains in the late afternoon quite often.
As I was giving Brandon some dinner tonight, our neighbors we played with yesterday stopped by again. They brought some fruit over for us. So thoughtful! The two kids, Jessie and Jake, just love Brandon. Their mom, Jo, and I enjoyed a glass of wine together while the kids played. Jessie loved playing with Brandon's Lego Duplo grocery store. Jake chased Brandon around. So nice to have met friendly neighbors.
Jessie and Jake are from Australia, and they go to the Overseas Family School. Jo was telling me that in Australia, the kids took Japanese. At the kids' school here, the most popular language class for students is Mandarin.
Probably could say much more about today, but I'm going to try to get some rest. We plan to go to the zoo pretty early tomorrow morning with some friends. I might actually have to set an alarm tonight...
Goodnight, Singapore! Good morning, Chicago!
