The first two weeks after we got back we did nothing but move people around, ourselves included. It took two days to get Jessica moved back from university, another two days to move Holly into her new apartment in Kingston, and then multiple days in getting ourselves settled into an apartment here in Frankford. The apartment is just a few doors down the road from Kelly's parents store, the Oasis. We are working with them for the time being, learning the business, with a view to possibly taking over from them when they retire if it all works out to everyone's benefit.
The store is a succesful and interesting business that has been in the family for well over 40 years. It is a grocery/convenience/gift store with a gas bar and also a restaurant that is currently rented out. It is in an excellent location and the business is growing due to the new subdivisions that are being built in the village and the closing of other gas stations in the area. We are not sure if it is for us at the moment but we have some time to make up our minds.
Holly is doing well and received good marks in this, her third year at Queens University in Kingston. She continues to major in Spanish and Italian although she is currently unsure what she is going to do when she graduates. She has been spending the summer travelling back and forth between Kingston and Frankford as she has been working at the store in between her so far unsuccesful attempts in job-hunting. However, she is hopeful about an interview that she had in a shoe store last week.
Jessica has been working at both the store and the restaurant (her first experience at waitressing) and spending time catching up with her old friends and spending time with her boyfriend, Nate. Nate is from Sarnia and also attends Redeemer so they have not seen as much of each other as they would like. However, Nate did make it up here this past weekend so they were both pretty happy for the duration, especially after he missed his Sunday train and had to stay over one more night!
We are often asked if it feels good to be home, but really, although we missed Hols and Jess, we would have loved to have been able to stay on in Ecuador longer. We still don't feel settled in here and are not sure how long that will take, if it happens at all. But that's OK we are still in a transitional stage in our lives and probably will be for a while.
Smilin' Kelly greets the customers!
Keepin' an eye on the gas prices!
