After we got home, we did the neighborly thing and went over to say hi. And like most embassy families, our new neighbors seem really cool! They have a daughter about my daughters' age, they were posted in China last-- just like us. I'm sure they'll be a fun family to get to know.
On the way home, the elevator stopped to pick up more people. Penny was still wearing her school uniform, and the woman who got on said, "Oh, is that the school you go to? My son goes there, too!" I asked her what grade, and which class, and it turns out that yes, one of Penny's classmates lives here in our building. (Let me just explain that we live 20 minutes away from the school in a different section of the city, and that there are only about 12 kids in Penny's class. The odds of this are so slim it's ridiculous.) We took the elevator back to their apartment, where their son was pretty confused as to why Penny had suddenly showed up on his front doorstep.
I'm glad we're meeting people and finding a little community here in our building, because... we're moving into a house pretty soon. These families we just met? Yeah, they can be friends with each other. We'll just have to try and make friends in our new neighborhood.
And in the mean time (for a few days at least), we have people to carpool with to school!
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Am I that big?
Thank you for keeping us up dated with your humorous writing
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