Never assume, because when you do . . . you know how the rest goes

This has been an interesting week. A week full of highs and lows and also a very educational week.

Let's start off with Sunday. I assumed since the roast I bought said to cook it for two hours that 3 would allow me plenty of time before we had to bring it over to our friends. Wrong! 6 hours total and the thing was finally cooked. Thank goodness for pizza.

On Tuesday we had to drive a couple of hours away to get a special number (like a social security number) in a different city. Our appointment wasn't until Wednesday but we had to stay the night in order to get that number in the city. (We couldn't get it in Sao Paulo because they give preference to the refugees and they have had a huge influx. And we can't get our stuff shipped until we get this number. So it was worth the effort.)
Getting to the hotel we checked in and went up to the room. Surprise--only one bed. We ask the front desk for a different room and they kindly let us know that they do not offer rooms with two beds. They do set up a trundle in our room, though, and after an interesting few hours, we end up with Charlotte in our bed and Clara enjoying the trundle by herself. The next morning we all wake up feeling pretty yucky but dink around for a while until our appointment. We get to the address we were given 1/2 hour early, and,  you guessed it--not the right address. We barely make it to the correct address in time and things gratefully go smoothly. I am still crossing my fingers that our stuff will quickly come!
Thursday we all wake up still pretty sick--sore throats, goopy eyes, bad coughs--but the girls and I need to go apartment hunting. The relocation agent picks us up and we start looking. Clara is insisting on being held as we walk everywhere and her little body gets hotter and hotter as the day goes. She is so feverish and Charlotte is bored to tears. Peter rescues us and sees the last few places with us. Something good came out of the visit--we picked an apartment! More fingers crossed that it all works out.
Tonight we are all just kind of miserably sick and are going to go to the doctor tomorrow. I'm sure once we feel better my outlook will be better too.