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Room 1420

Today we moved rooms.  Jacky arranged for us to move to another room that he said was "double bigger."  That it is!  Our last room was 10 steps by 6 steps.  This one has two rooms. The bedroom area is 12 steps by 8 steps and the living area is 12 steps by 6 steps, not including the entry way.  It has one and a half bathrooms.  This is all so wonderful for our last 11 days.  It's hard to believe what a bit more square footage makes for our morale! A few wonderful features that we will greatly appreciate:

A thicker pad on the king bed.  So welcome!!  You don't even know.

Two desks that we pushed together to make a table.   Now we can eat meals more easily.  The last room we ate sitting on a bed hunched over a luggage table.  We had to move furniture for every meal and our 'table' was never even because of the luggage railing thingies on it.  We can also play games at the table instead of on the bed.  

More space to store our things so they aren't stacked on top of tables.

A corner for 16 pieces of luggage.

An air conditioner that works.

More chairs so 2 of us don't have to sit on a bed all of the time.

A shelf to put our masks on so we don't have to scramble for one in each of our corners when temperature checks or PCR testing arrives.

A shelf to display Greta's artwork.

A bigger couch so Tessa can stretch out. And an extra sheet to line the couch so she is more comfortable.

Enough room in the bedroom area for the roll-a-way bed.  This way the girls can take a break from each other if needed. (YAY!)

Space next to the windows so we can look out more easily.

A different corner of the building so we can see a different part of the city.

AND!!!!  It's big enough we played Hide and Go Seek for Home Evening! 


This is totally doable!  

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