Waiting and Routine

We are back in the routine again and waiting game. Richard got to Kiev ok and then ran around to get the paper work done with the Embassy and a power of attorney, so that I can sign for him to do the rest of the paper chase. Our energizer bunny, translator Ira got him an apartment off of Independence Square for a good price. He said he slept well even though he left the noise maker here with us. He really misses his fan back home. He had a free day today, he went back to the Coffee House that we had eaten at while we were all there. He said that he found out how to get scrambled eggs. You order an omelet and they bring scrambled eggs. I guess that makes sense. He is leaving his apartment at 8:45am to have plenty of time to get to the airport and to go thru security. It hit me harder than I expected yesterday with Richard leaving. I was really missing him and feeling like when will it be our turn. After a good night’s sleep things are looking better. We are visiting Alexander everyday at 3:00pm to 4:30pm. It seems the last few times that we have visited it is nap time for the children. Today they were stirring and we finally saw Alexander. He meet us in the little visiting room. It seems we are getting closer everyday even though there is a language barrier. We also need to buy him clothes. He will not be able to take any of the clothes or shoes that he is wearing. I measured him yesterday and drew a outline of his foot, in hopes of buying him some clothes at large market that Ira told us about. Well we struck out today to find the place. We did find the right street, which was not far from the market that we have been shopping at. The street also has the Toy Store, which we have been as well. Further down the street, where the streams of people are coming and going is this huge, huge flea market, with numerous venders. They were selling everything there from vegetables, shoes, Christmas decorations, plumbing supplies and anything else you could think of. It was also a maze and we soon found ourselves turned around and could not find a way back the way we came. We did find slippers for Alexander but could not find his size pants or coats. I am sure that they have his size clothes but we did not know where to look and since we do not speak Ukrainian or Russian we couldn’t ask. Clothes are expensive here. We saw a boy’s sweater that would cost us $100. I am thinking that maybe Alexander can get by with some of Jacob ‘s clothes until we get back to Georgia. We do need to find some shoes though. We are going to try again and I hope that we can get some help from our translator when she comes back next Thursday. Well after being turned around many times, because there are many entrances into the flea market area, we decided to get a taxi. Luckily Mother had Ira write down our apartment address on a card. Well that was all we needed and off we go into the taxi. By the time that we get down to the second street I knew where we were and maybe, just maybe we would have been alright. But Mother has a heel spur now and is not doing well with a lot of walking. This was the most walking that she has done for the last few weeks, so I knew we need to get her back home quickly. So our adventure continues and we count the days until Friday, the 19th. Ira is coming back Thursday morning to get a head start on the paper chase.
Thank you for all words of encouragement.