Well, it's been quite something to get used to! Whether it's figuring out the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit on my oven...or sending Q off to Google how many grams are in a cup. Growing up an American, I just simply think in inches and feet and ounces and pounds. It's interesting to me that I can "imagine" the weight of a pound...I just think butter...still in the box...four sticks! Of course! But, suddenly I find myself faced with kilos which is equivalent to 2.2 lbs. So I don't imagine ONE kilogram I can't do it...my mind won't think it...I have to think 2 boxes of butter...um plus a little more! And, that's just measurements!!! We're also faced with the whole electricity saga every day...we shipped the SUV loaded with a bunch of our stuff and it arrived at the end of February! This was very exciting for us. We now have a second vehicle and all of our own bedding and towels and a lot of my kitchen stuff, but one of the most important items in the Explorer that came over on a ship...MY COMPUTER! You can imagine my excitement as Q was getting everything all set up on my desk that had been eagerly awaiting my computer, monitor and keyboard...he had already gone to get the special new power cord. It was a "drum roll moment" as he plugged it in! With a loud pop and a huge explosion from the back of my computer, all the lights went out!
We all looked at each other like "WHAT WAS THAT?" ...well, long story short we had to replace the burnt up power supply to the computer, but that was much cheaper than the alternative...apparently there was a teeny tiny little red switch he neglected to flip to 240...minor detail...and the saga continues.
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