Still Waiting on the Passport

The passport did not come today either. Now they say maybe Monday but "for sure" Tuesday. I think we will reserve a flight for Thursday to be safe and so that we don't have to rush around like mad once the passport is ready. I will try to keep the final days as stress free as possible.



We have been without hot water for several days. I was willing to stay put when I thought we might leave tomorrow. I just called Sasha to say we would have to move and he called the landlord who said she had an electric water heater she would come hook up tomorrow. Wish I 'd called 3 days ago!



We had a nice lunch today with Randy Hall and his children, Kristina and Connor. Oleg was also there as was Veronica, Katia and Ira.



Yesterday when Vitalik was in a bad mood, he "lost" a couple of bracelets I had given him. When we were out today I said "Maybe your bracelets are still in the park." "Maybe, Mama, big, big, maybe," he replied and took off running to see if they were still there. I was shocked when he found them.



I am trying to figure out something special we can do for Vitalik's birthday tomorrow. So if anybody reading this has any ideas, leave me a suggestion.

Pressing on.