Welcome to Cyberspace!

As many of you know, I am not necessarily the techno guru of our family. Michael says that I have an aversion to anything technological. So, for me to have a blog is going to be a stretch but he continues to tell me that someone "out there" might want to hear from me! So, I am going to give you a look into my world and, hopefully, you will find it amusing and interesting. Living in Poland is an adventure everyday.

Many of you may wonder what exactly is so different about living in another country. Let me share what happened to me this week at Maciek's preschool. Last week I was informed of a special party his class was hosting for Mom and Dad's Day. On Tuesday, I was informed that he needed to be dressed in his "festive attire" which for Poles consists of dark pants, a white button-up shirt and dress shoes. Because we are not quite accustomed to all the ins and outs of school life here, Maciek does not have the typical "festive attire" and so I put him in dark dress pants and a long-sleeved red button-up shirt. It was warm that day but I thought "They told me he had to wear this so ok".

I arrive at school with my sweet, handsome preschooler (sweating) only to be asked by one of the teachers if I had some shorts and a short-sleeved shirt that he could put on because it was going to be hot that day (as if I am too stupid to realize this) and that he was already sweating (again, too stupid to know that!). I promptly stated that I thought he needed to be dressed in "festive attire" only to be told that they would gladly change him for the party. Why does he need these special clothes in the first place??? So they changed him into a shirt he already had at school for P.E. and he was good to go.

We arrive at the party. Every child but ours and one other is dressed in shorts, capris, t-shirts, and tank tops. Did I misunderstand something? No...the other parents just didn't want to bring an extra change of clothes!

So, living in another country means that half the time you feel like you just don't "get it" and the other half of the time you feel like you don't really care if you ever do! Oh well. It just makes you have to go with the flow a little more and be thankful that at least your kid has something on!