16.8.2011 – 22:18
John and Chris had their first day of school today. Chris talked about it at dinner; the schedule that was made, the classes he’s taking, and some of the kids in his class. Although he told Mom about his day and the people he met right when he got home John napped all afternoon after that and missed dinner. I’m a stress sleeper, when I get worried, sad, or stressed out I get tired and I sleep a lot more, maybe John’s feeling stressed right now.
Since Dad works for the CDC we’ve got an Embassy mailbox and diplomatic passports (kinda cool). But even more fun is we’re invited to a barbeque at the Ambassador’s house and they’ll have to send a car from the Embassy for us (since we don’t have one). It makes me feel like we’re so much more important than we really are (we’re not Embassy political people, the CDC is public health work, and it’s really just a welcome thing for all the new families around here, according to the school there are quite a few).
Our entire family, except John, played Cosmic Encounter earlier. I was green as usual. For those who don’t know Cosmic Encounter is a sort of board game where each person is a different alien race (chosen at random from over a hundred possibilities) and you’ve got five planets in your home system and to win you need to get five foreign colonies. It’s never the same because there are tons of alien races (each race has a different power) and people will form different alliances each time. Since playing with Mom I’ve decided to never again play a game that requires alliances and strategy with her (JK). She’s so competitive she doesn’t know the meaning of compromise or working together to win.
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