Last few days of play before work

10th July 09, Friday – in the end we did not have any work to do today so we were hoping someone would be able to take us to the library or to the premium outlets today. Then Doug came and told us that Monica would come tomorrow to bring us there. Charlie and Doug went about fixing the corn roaster, in the process we got to eat some corns. Miga came he brought us to the library and he needed someone to take care of Angelina as he has got to go for a medical checkup. JR and I went to the library to upload pictures while Jonathan and Chariene followed Miga. Miga brought them to go shop and he treated them to a free buffet lunch. We went to Miga’s house afterwards and played with Angelina. She is really talkative now that she has gotten much more used to having us around. We were all feeling sleepy but she was so energetic after her nap and we took turns entertaining her. Her favourite words are, “it’s mine, uh-oh, thank you and Hi” and she is learning really fast. When Miga and Amie got home they brought us back to the barn where we had dinner, noodles, ham and bread and the other haagen dazs ice cream, butter pecan. Hopefully I would be able to wake up early for a run tomorrow, I should be running alone.

11th July 09, Saturday – last night it rained and there was hail, it was so noisy that it woke us up in the middle of the night. We wanted to take a look but we were too lazy and scared that we will get hit by the hail so we went back to sleep. When I woke up the next day, the barn was quite wet even though we only left the door open by just a little bit. I went to run alone by myself, first time running in a jacket because it was cold and windy. After that bathe, breakfast and waited for Monica to come and bring us to Johnson Creek premium outlets to shop. It took about half an hour to get there and we got only till 2pm to shop because Doug has got plans in the afternoon and Monica needed to be home by 3pm. The things at the outlets are so much more cheaper than what we usually see and we were rushing from shop to shop due to the limited time we have. We went Nike, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Gap, Polo Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Old Navy, etc. Thankfully it was one of the smaller premium outlets around otherwise we would have been more disappointed to have to skip so many shops. I got a coach bag, a tshirt and a pair of Nike shorts. We finally got to see how much cheaper we can get things over here in the US. After 2 pm Monica brought us to Wendy’s where we had our lunch, it was so so only and then we walked to Amie’s shop, Hallmark, where JR got his gifts and we got ourselves Ben and Jerry’s ice cream this time and then Doug brought us back to the barn where we spend the evening taking photos around the barn as this is most likely our last night at the barn because tomorrow we will be setting off for Madison and we will be having fairs one after another and most likely will not be coming back to Sun Prairie. As usual, the mosquitoes swarmed us and we had to run and jump around to get away from the mosquitoes. Tomorrow I will be going to church with Doug and his family, I am gonna try to wake up early to go for a run again.

12th July 09, Sunday – Overslept and did not wake up earlier to run. We had our breakfast and then Charlie and Mary brought me to their church, a much smaller congregation as compared to the one which Miga and Amie attend, only about 50 or so. We went there and sang some hymns, 2 young brothers shared their experience about sharing the gospel and another brother shared the word of the Lord, he spoke about king Josiah. After that we had lunch at Pedro’s, a Mexican restaurant where we had a 3 pound burrito, 2 to one of those and we still cannot finish it, it was just too filling. We went back to the barn and started to pack up and move off to our next fair which would be at Madison, after connecting the pipes and power lines to the trailers Jonathan and I followed Miga to the raceway at Sun Prairie again to help him in setting up of his toys. Angelina was there too and after we set up the toys we took care of her and she finally held my hands for the first time. When we were done Miga brought us back to the trailers in Madison and we talked for a while with the Taiwan girls as they have arrived from the fair at Oshkosh to help out here.

13th July 09, Monday – Today we set up the stands at the fair grounds just outside of the Alliant Energy Centre. There was more to do as we have to put up some tents, tables and chairs. We have a new companion from China, Monica, and she will most likely be with us as she is sharing room with Chariene. Everything was done at about 5 after that we played with Lori’s and Doug’s children. It was chaotic and they managed to steal one of my slippers so I just played along with them. In the end I had to bathe before going for dinner because I was sweating after playing with them. We went for the Chinese buffet beside Amie’s Hallmark shop for dinner. The kids got very restless after a while and they were running around the restaurant. I am beginning to feel old as sometimes I feel as if I am unable to keep up with the kids’ energy level. Tomorrow would be another day off before the fair starts on Wednesday.