The last few days have been uneventful. Right now, we’re waiting to hear if the social number will be ready today… or if they’ll drag it out longer. The soonest I can be home is the 22nd, but it could also be much later. At this rate, we may run out of money. We know God has it covered, so we’re just taking it a step at a time.
Friday, we headed down to the market and got V*ktor some shoes. I had brought snowboots thinking that could get him by until we got home, but there is no snow and his other shoes are quite literally falling apart. We went to the school and took gifts to his friends. They had fun in their classroom for a short visit. Later, we had supper and hung out in the room.
Saturday, we woke up slowly (due to a late night party downstairs Friday - shocking I know). After hanging out in the room for awhile and eating ramen, we ventured out to the school to pick up M*sha. At first, they were saying he had to be back in 55 minutes - which is barely time to walk anywhere. As I was talking about this to J and he was relaying to V that maybe we should just stay, the teacher standing there changed his mind and said to just be back for supper. The kids MUST be there in the dining hall for all meals whether they’re hungry or not. Honestly, I think it makes sense, so it didn’t bother me. We took a quick walk to the store with J and Sa. I told M*sha to get something, too, so he did. As we walked outside, he was trying to hand it to Sa saying “sestre.” Awww- pretty sure that meant give this to my sister. We walked to the white hotel to eat. Of course, as luck would have it, they were having some kind of party that took up the whole restaurant. It was spitting rain, so we called a cab to take us to a different restaurant. After a good meal, we walked M*sha back to the school where we said hello to R and Ma at the gates. It was getting dark, so we took a taxi back to the hotel. There was an all night wedding which made for some greaaaaaat sleep - not.
Sunday, it was time to take C back to the doctor for a checkup. This time, Aleksey wasn’t here, and I figured since we had to have a phone call translator anyway, why not have a nurse? So, my awesome cousin N woke up in the middle of the night to talk to the doctor! He’s very happy with how C is healing, and he thinks within another week all the bandages will probably be off. She had been running a very low fever, but it was better Sunday. He said if it gets to 38 (100.4 for those of you without a handy conversion tool at your disposal), then we need to take her to a pediatrician. It has been 100.3 a few times, but we’re doing okay! We ate lunch at that café again. Mmmmmmmm - belini! It’s like really thin pancakes (more like crepes) with jam on them. Yum yum! I had forgotten about those! Should have been ordering them more often! We looked for a bookstore, but it was closed. Our plan had been to check out another castle on the way back, but the long hike carrying C along with the rain made us change that plan! Back at the room, we just hung out for awhile. J and Sa came over later in the day to skype with their Moms and Dads in America. I planned to take them downstairs to eat, but it took so long just for them to finish taking our order (after coming back over and over to say they didn’t have something or ask a question), that the boys had to leave. V and I ate. C fell asleep literally while eating a piece of bread. Later in the evening (for the THIRD night in a row) there was a loud party very late. C’s “nap” of course was over and she was up crying without going back to sleep. I finally carried her down there at 1AM and pleaded with them to give it a rest. They were very nice and turned it down. Sheesh! It still took almost another hour for her to sleep, though.
Right now, we’re awaiting word on whether today’s document is done. Pray please!
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