Here is a picture of our walk to the orphanage, we walk back and forth to get Stas - a little spooky in the dark!
We had the morning to ourselves and picked Stas up at 3pm after school - he was not having a good day. He has "Short-itis", he is ready to get out of here, so it is hard to feel that doing schoolwork is important right now. Also, he didn't get a shower or something and did poorly on his math Lyudmilla said, so he was upset.
We walked to Olga's and decided to get a taxi(which is a run-down car here) and go to the village to do something different. Stas was happier already - we got some ice cream, even better - then Stas wanted some imitation crab sticks, he loves those. He ate about seven. Ugh, ice cream and crab, gross. We walked around - the stores are teeny-tiny and look like they aren't even open, it looks like it's just after a war, so dilapidated. We were all in a better mood though. I actually found a little store with cell phones and jewelry, and bought a little charm to remember Novo Vodologa by.
The taxi took us back and Stas continued eating....we had coffee and tea and hung out and then had a nice dinner of fish and potatoes. We are stuffed.
We have to walk Stas back in a couple of hours. Maybe we'll lounge on our bed for a while.
A boy that follows us sometimes, Dima, made a glass picture for us, very nice. He is making another one - very sweet. They actually do well in arts and crafts. We gave the kids that always come around some candy today. Need to get more American candy and chips when we go to Kiev.
We are able to use Skype on the laptop to make phone calls - it is great to have internet.
We are continually more grateful for what we have at home though compared to this country.
It is a sad state of affairs here and it's a downer - so glad we live in America!!!!
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