HKG026: The Final Hours in 500 Sq Ft

in just a couple hours, we will finish moving out of happy valley and into the mid-levels. it took a whopping 45 minutes to pack up our stuff here, but it's going to take several taxi rides to get it all up to the mid-levels simply due to the size of the taxis and to traveling with two small children (and only two arms per adult).

our internet connection is not yet set up at the new place thanks to a glitch with the cable company, but the cable is set up and josh is procuring us something to sleep on as i type this. i am not sure what i will cook with tonight...not sure if there will be time to get to a home store to get some pots/pans. we may just get take away. darn ;-p

it's been a weird day for the kids...well, for quinn. he was stuck inside the apartment with me all morning while we waited to hear from josh and livie...we expected them back in 45 minutes, but instead almost 4 hours went by before we saw them. you know what, pay-as-you-go phones aren't refilled by magic. after hours of trying to reach each other, josh finally figured out that our phones (actually just his) were out of minutes. d'oh.

so, we didn't get out for as much activity as we usually do. we did get out for a short walk to the the small park that is very close to us, and along the way we heard the tweets of an enthusiastic bird that i've been suspecting is some kind of parrot, but had not seen. today, we finally saw him...he's a cockatoo. i have never seen one in the wild...only in a cage. i have to say that it was pretty awesome to look up into a tree and see this magnificent bird living free and being very vocal about it!

livie has been reunited with her scooter and has been loving her "new" mode of transportation...right up until she ate some asphalt today. she took a pretty good spill, which necessitated lots of kisses and an early walk home from the park. i have to keep reminding her not to step on something that has wheels if she's not prepared for it to move ;-p