Susan here...
We had a very nice Thanksgiving. Nathan slept in some and then took a nap a while later - basically sleeping the morning away. We then went to my aunt and uncle's apartment. Nathan spent a good amount of the time sleeping in their bed but he sat at the table for quite a while and thoroughly enjoyed the pumpkin pie.
This morning was pretty rough. We awoke to him talking to himself in his bed about how much he wished he was at home in Colorado Springs. This went on and on and after he was up he continued to be very sad about it and then it turned into a fit where he was screaming at me to take him home. Eventually he stopped and watched some TV and ate. He then took a nap and when he got up we went for a long walk to Barnes and Noble and Circuit City. He really enjoyed getting out but it tired him out. We just had some dinner and I imagine he will take a bath and go to bed soon. He is very very tired. He is also very sad about being here and it doesn't help that we are essentially in a hotel room because there is no couch and he just seems to think of it as a bedroom and wants to just lay there or go to sleep.
We will do our best to get him out and about as much as possible. We are considering finding an apartment to rent for a month because it may help us all get through this. I got kind of down again this afternoon when I went to try to make some food and there is no silverware and the dishes in the cabinet are filthy. The floor is sticky as you walk on it and everything just seems to have a layer or grime on it. It is really hard to prepare food and enjoy it that way. I feel bad about complaining about it because it is a great service to have such cheap lodgin g but it is really hard to live in such dirty dreary conditions. I have been really trying to tell myself to get over it and be positive. Sorry for venting about it to all of you!
I am going to try to post some pictures of Nathan later. I am using the computers in the computer room. We can only dial 800 numbers for the rooms and so that means to use my laptop I have to use a calling card and then dial a local number. That is really frustrating. Anyway - I know you all would like to see some new pictures so I will try to do it soon.
I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. I know Luke and I had a wonderful time and it meant the world to us to have a normal family thanksgiving with people we care about and who care about us. A special thank you to Joan and Bill. We cannot tell you what it meant to us to have such a wonderful holiday with you.
No comments:
Post a Comment