Saturday in Kiev

That sounds like an exciting title, doesn't it?  Sorry if I misled you.  Today was a difficult day.  Julia is deeply mourning leaving her friends, and spent too much time conversing with them on the Ukrainian version of facebook.  It is very hard to make time pass - there is simply nothing to do.  It was too chilly to just wander around outside, and not being able to talk to Julia greatly handicaps the fun these adventures might otherwise be for her. We went shopping for food a couple of times, so we can cook in the apartment and try to save some money.  Supper wasn't quite as good as it could have been since the jar we thought was spaghetti sauce was really only tomato paste.  We ate it anyway.  We had to go find a few items for Julia (she came away from the orphanage with only one pair of socks!), no hair brush, no tooth brush.  It is all a mystery.  We found them in the underground shops in the tunnels under the major roads.  At least I knew where to go to look for things.  We made a few very small steps at working on English today, but she was just so sad, her heart wasn't in it.  Our apartment is nice, with separate bedrooms, so we can have some small amount of privacy.  We have a washing machine again (yeah!), so we have both the drying rack, and my rope loaded up with damp clothes, with the hope of clean underwear tomorrow!  Still issues with immigration.  I have written the embassy again, but of course cannot talk to them until Monday.  I will see what they can do, but then I think it is time to unleash the big guns.  It will be Senator Sessions and Congresswoman Roby time.

Here is Libby and Julia cooking supper together.