I had a lovely window seat next to a lovely woman. Unfortunately, my movie screen did not work. I could not stand this flight without movies! So I was moved to an isle seat behind a rather malodorous man who kept laughing out loud to whatever he was listening to via his headphones while vigorously digging for ear gold.
Jeremy met me at the airport and we caught up with one another. He had just received an email from the shipping company that our crate has not been shipped yet. This crate was packed on the 22nd of December and originally expected to arrive in France by January 19th. Now we are looking at mid to late February. Wonderful. I guess they figured foreigners living in a strange land wasn't enough of an adventure so they decided we should live out of our suitcases for a long amount of time as well.
Luckily Jeremy's coworkers are very nice people. We now have silverware, a pot, three chairs, and three coffeemakers compliments of numerous coworkers, along with the pan and Pyrex bowl Jeremy brought in his suitcase and a wooden spoon, spatula, and bottle opener I brought with me. Hey, if I'm expected to live like this for an extended amount of time, you better believe I'm buying some wine! Disposable plateware is ridiculously expensive here so we're trying our best to make it on paper towels, the Pyrex bowl, and some plastic tin thing for biscuits.
We have a fridge and a stove but no washing machine or microwave yet. Jeremy ordered the washing machine and microwave in mid December. They were to be delivered on December 19th. He took a half day off from work to wait for the delivery man and no one showed! Once he got to work he asked a coworker to call the company and see what happened. Apparently, the washing machine wasn't in stock and the company decided that 1: calling and telling him that they didn't have the washing machine was unnecessary, 2: they decided that since they didn't have the washing machine in yet they weren't going to deliver the microwave, and 3: calling and telling him they weren't going to be delivering that day was unnecessary as well. He was told it would be there by December 29th at the latest. Well, here it is, January 19th and no washer or microwave. I don't know why Jeremy hasn't asked someone to call and figure out what the heck is going on. Maybe he feels like he is asking for too much help. Hopefully he will get the ball rolling now that I'm here.
After Jeremy comes home from work today, we will hopefully find a cell phone plan for me. I don't feel comfortable walking around by myself until I have one. For anyone who doesn't know this about me: I have a terrible sense of direction. I think terrible is an understatement. Atrocious? Horrendous? No, I don't think any word is descriptive enough to describe my lack of directional skills. So call me crazy, but I want to make sure I have a phone with data so I can use GPS and translation apps before I go traipsing around an unfamiliar city full of people who speak an unfamiliar language.
Wish me luck! I'll update tomorrow about tonight's adventures! I also want to take a moment and thank every one who has been using my amazon link! It really means a lot! For those who don't know, you can shop amazon through my amazon affiliate link search bar in the Support Us page and a percentage will go to me, with no extra cost to you!