Waiting...

Boy, what a difference a day makes in the weather. Today was rainy, overcast, and rather cool, the first time it hasn’t been sunny and warm since we’ve been here. We left for Torez earlier than usual, we took the copier and the rest of the toys and gave them to the Director and his wife. They seemed to be pretty happy with everything. Jenna was a little slow to warm up again today, I think she realizes something is about to change from all she’s ever really known and it seems to be affecting her. Bless her heart, if she only knew, but that’s hard to explain to a 3 yr old. Anyway, we had to stay inside because of the weather. Her group was nearby in the playroom, and every now and then, one would poke his or her head out the door and laugh, giggle, or wave. It’s so hard not to scoop them all up and head out the door. Jenna was mostly a Mama’s girl, as we ate pretzels, read books, and played with kukla (doll).

The timeline is starting to shape up now. Next Monday we pick up the court decree, race to get their new birth certificates, pick up the kids, get their passport pictures and then passports. We’ll take the overnight train that evening to Kiev, where on Tuesday, we’ll be going to get their medicals, to the NAC, and interview at the Embassy. The plan is to fly home on Wednesday, hopefully. Lufthansa has already hosed us, they were unable/unwilling/uncaring to change our ticket$, so looks like we’ll have to take KLM, still firming that up. After we get home, we don’t care if all the airlines go bankrupt (Lord, forgive us for our bitterness).

Boys, hope you’re having a good week, please don’t get tired of hearing how much we miss you. Almost there!