Quiet day today. Spent most of the morning writing about yesterday and doing laundry in the sink. Rigged up a clothesline in the window. Went to the store and purchased some suasage and spicy mustard for lunch. We feel obligated to walk around and try to shop occasionally to entertain the locals.
We were supposed to see Julianna at 3:30 but Pasha was held up with Olga at court so we were late. She called and asked “Why you not here?” so I guess she’s not tired of us yet. Most of the other kids were gone somewhere so we got a chance to snoop around a little. The bathroom/laundry room was interesting. They wash their own clothes in the sinks and hang them from lines strung across the ceiling. It made for a good (artsy) picture.
We told her we would be gone tomorrow and she seemed to take it okay. They are putting on a show on Thursday so we assured her we would be there for that. This will be a good opportunity to get some video.
Her friend Nadya spent the night at the hotel last night with her Italian host family so Julianna was disappointed she couldn’t do the same thing with us. We tried to explain that we can’t do anything to risk the adoption and she seemed to understand.
Leaving for Chernigiv at 8 am tomorrow so lots of opportunities for good pictures and undoubtedly, good stories. It will nice to spend the day with Alona but will also miss Julianna’s smiling face.
Correction: I wrote in the last entry that Julianna likes Russian field music. I found out today that she was actually trying to tell me about a specific song on her Ipod with the lyrics “… love is a battlefield….you better put on your armor…” Pretty appropriate when you think about it.
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