It's Been a Whirlwind Kind of Week!

It is so hard to believe that we have only been in Bahrain one week (not even quite a whole week, to be technically correct!).  What an adventure it's been!  After our quick trip to Orlando to drop off the car (and see Brandon quickly---), we got on the plane to Washington DC; which of course, was DELAYED.  Which made our connecting flight quick!!!  But we made it, and off to Kuwait the Lentz Family flew!  Luckily for all of us, Cayci slept that entire flight!  Amazing!  Unfortunately, the rest of us didn't!!!  After Kuwait, we had a quick layover, then after another nice DELAY, we arrived in Bahrain about an hour later.  Tired, "foggy", and definitely jet lagged, two men arrived from our hotel, picked us up and drove us to the biggest hotel room that we have ever stayed in!  To say that the standards are a little different here would be a gross understatement (however, they ARE standards that you pay for!!  $300.00 a night!!!-- Luckily, we are reimbursed for all expenses!)  A very nice co-worker from school met us on Friday morning to take us around the base, and to keep us moving -- which really helps jet lag!  On Saturday we spent the entire day looking at villas, and ended up finding the PERFECT villa for our family.  It's really big, with a very nice swimming pool, but I will tell more about that when I have pictures to share.  Sunday morning, the Lentz family started at our new school!  I enrolled Logan and Cayci-- then I was off to meet my new class!  I am teaching 3rd grade and Eric is teaching 4th grade, and I am absolutely sure that I got the best end of that!  I sure do love my kids already!!!  I will blog more on that later, too!  Needless to say, it's been busy, but rewarding, and EVERYONE is SO SO SO welcoming to our whole family!!!  We are looking forward to settling down a little (still trying to get all our in-processing completed)-- and moving into our house sometime (maybe next week??... probably not, but I'm hopeful!!)!  Internet is hard to come by here!  Our hotel charges $90.00, and we just can't bring ourselves to pay that much!!!  It is also slow, even when we move, but I'll be able to get onto the web more often --!!  Would love to hear from everyone!!  I am attaching pictures, so if there's anything that you specifically want to see (like the SIZE of my HUGE classroom!!) just ask!!!  Miss our friends-- but definitely don't miss the stress!!!