Today was a very long day. It started with an hour plus ride to the medical exam which took about an hour and a half to complete. There were three families in the room getting examined. We spent most of the time waiting for the various doctors to come in and ask questions, some to me and some to the other families. When it was over, we all passed!
Then it was off to the orphanage, this is normally a two hour ride from Moscow, it should have taken less time because the medical exam was on the way, but it didn't. The traffic was awful today, it took us just over four hours to get to the orphanage, boy was I glad that I had my iPod with me! When we got to the orphanage the little man was having supper so we had to wait a little while for him. He came out looking a little confused at first but after a few minutes and a new toy, he seemed to remember me. He went right for the toy bag to see what other toys I had; this is something we did when we visited in March.
For the next few days I am staying at a hotel which is a five minute cab ride from the orphanage. We made all of the arrangements for the cab and I'll get to see the little man twice a day! I'm looking forward to my visits.
There is a wedding downstairs in the hotel, I can hear the band playing in my room. They seem to be having a great time. If it doesn't end soon, I may have to crash it!
Posted at 10:15 PM, Moscow time.
1 comment:
Didn't the psychiatrist question your sanity? :)
And you should have joined the wedding - I always found that vodka and Baltika (and caviar flavoured chips) were quite helpful in KZ.
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