Phone Call Monday

I knew that Monday was going to be a pretty mellow, boring day.  But some days have to be sacrificed so that phone calls can be made, right?  Well, yesterday was that day.  They were definitely important calls, too.

I started the day with a Skype call to my mom.  It's always good to see her!  Then I got busy and got to work...

The first call I made was to Mayflower Rental to ask some questions about renting a car.  Patric had sent an email requesting information last week and the reply he received had a lot of what he was looking for in it but there were still some questions that needed to be answered.  So I called to find out things like how much more a GPS would be and how much it would cost for theft coverage - you know, the essentials.  One day soon either Patric or myself will shoot a video of the way traffic flows here and I will post it.  He asked me the other day if I would call it controlled chaos or an elegant ballet.  This is definitely controlled chaos!!!  But it works!  We have been here over a week now and have only seen two wrecks when in reality we should have seen at least 100.  It is just crazy how it works.  Let me make it clear - Patric will be the only one driving right now.  I need time to get used to how the ebb and flow flows.  So by the end of the week I expect Patric to be amongst the ranks of those driving the streets of KL.  Hmmm...

Next call was to the American Embassy.  I was very excited to make this call because I figured I would get to talk to an American.  I needed to call to see what it would take to get registered with them.  The person that answered the phone may have been American but definitely had an accent that was not American.  I told him why I was calling and he transferred me to the Consulate.  The woman that answered may also have been an American but again, very thick accent.  What a bummer!  She was very nice and super helpful.  Come to find out we can register online - there is no need to go the Embassy for that after all.  The only reasons we will ever need to go to the Embassy is if we need something notarized, if we sell a house back home, or if we need to renew our passports.  Crazy, huh?

My last call I was really excited about because it was to the American Expat Association.  I found the number on a list of numbers that was provided by the apartments.  When I called the number I was told it was disconnected...bummer!  The saving grace in this scenario is that I have already been in contact with the Schlumberger Spousal Association and received their newsletter with upcoming functions for this month - some of them I plan on attending!

The rest of the day I just spent bumming around doing nothing.  When Patric got home we did our usual walk to Solaris and went to our new favorite Italian food restaurant.  Sorry I don't have pictures this time.  We also went to the grocery store, Cold Storage.  Then we came home.  See, yesterday was kind of boring.  Sadly, there is nothing on the horizon to make tomorrow seem much better...

See you next post!

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