Day 13
Everyone, Kelley is feeling better today. She still wasn’t 100-percent, but at least she was able to accompany me to see Chas today. A couple more days of taking it easy and I think she’ll be back to walking the town of Donetsk. We took a little excursion tonight and ate at the only restaurant that we know of with English menus – “Three Fat Guys”. It was good, but not as good as after our 12-hour train ride.
Like most weather forecasters, those in Ukraine are not that accurate either. The weather was supposed to be in the mid- to upper-50s by today, but we were still around 40-45 today. I think it will be cold for the rest of the time we are here.
Our visit went pretty well today. This morning we had him by ourselves in the Music Room. He is definitely getting more comfortable with us and has begun to see what limits are set for him. What he doesn’t know is that we have had plenty of recent experience dealing with the “terrible twos” (and threes?).
We decided not to push our limits with Kelley, so we came back to the apartment to rest a bit. Then we were surprised with a phone call from Litton. It was very nice to talk to him and catch up. We also chatted with Oma and at the end I was able to talk to Olivia Mae, who had just awakened. We miss them all a ton and are counting the days to be back as one “big” happy family.
This afternoon’s visit wasn’t quite as good, since the KGB couple was already in the room. He was distracted by their playing with their soon-to-be daughter, and the fact that he understood what they were saying as opposed to our gibberish. It was very awkward as he tried to play with the toys that they brought for their little girl and neither Kelley nor I could communicate with them. Some “traveler’s sign language” and shrugging shoulders a couple times, we at least were able to laugh about some common things that children do. They left before us, which amounted to about ten minutes alone with Chas. Once the distraction of others was gone, he was back to himself and wanting to play with us. So we were able to leave on a good note.
Rashid picked us up in the twinkie and took us down to the restaurant where we had dinner. A decent dinner, a walk home in the brisk evening air, and here we are. Back in our apartment with laundry drying in the little (I mean little) sun porch. Sun porch is probably not the best description, since it is the original balcony with windows and doors added to make it into a little room. At least we didn’t have to string some cord in our bedroom.
That’s all folks. Nothing too exciting here in Donetsk, Ukraine. I know that surprises many, but it is true. So at 7:35pm, we’re going to sign off and play some cards or read.
God bless.
p.s. I checked the heels of our shoes to see if the KGB couple put a listening device in them while we weren’t looking. You just never know…. ;)
Like most weather forecasters, those in Ukraine are not that accurate either. The weather was supposed to be in the mid- to upper-50s by today, but we were still around 40-45 today. I think it will be cold for the rest of the time we are here.
Our visit went pretty well today. This morning we had him by ourselves in the Music Room. He is definitely getting more comfortable with us and has begun to see what limits are set for him. What he doesn’t know is that we have had plenty of recent experience dealing with the “terrible twos” (and threes?).
We decided not to push our limits with Kelley, so we came back to the apartment to rest a bit. Then we were surprised with a phone call from Litton. It was very nice to talk to him and catch up. We also chatted with Oma and at the end I was able to talk to Olivia Mae, who had just awakened. We miss them all a ton and are counting the days to be back as one “big” happy family.
This afternoon’s visit wasn’t quite as good, since the KGB couple was already in the room. He was distracted by their playing with their soon-to-be daughter, and the fact that he understood what they were saying as opposed to our gibberish. It was very awkward as he tried to play with the toys that they brought for their little girl and neither Kelley nor I could communicate with them. Some “traveler’s sign language” and shrugging shoulders a couple times, we at least were able to laugh about some common things that children do. They left before us, which amounted to about ten minutes alone with Chas. Once the distraction of others was gone, he was back to himself and wanting to play with us. So we were able to leave on a good note.
Rashid picked us up in the twinkie and took us down to the restaurant where we had dinner. A decent dinner, a walk home in the brisk evening air, and here we are. Back in our apartment with laundry drying in the little (I mean little) sun porch. Sun porch is probably not the best description, since it is the original balcony with windows and doors added to make it into a little room. At least we didn’t have to string some cord in our bedroom.
That’s all folks. Nothing too exciting here in Donetsk, Ukraine. I know that surprises many, but it is true. So at 7:35pm, we’re going to sign off and play some cards or read.
God bless.
p.s. I checked the heels of our shoes to see if the KGB couple put a listening device in them while we weren’t looking. You just never know…. ;)
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