I woke up with a fever again today. It is not high, but it is still making me feel MISERABLE! My throat is still killing me. I brought antibiotics which I started taking yesterday--hopefully that will help.
I found out yesterday that I won't be going back until the orphanage until WEDNESDAY--that is such a long time to be here and not see him and not have anything else to do. I was very upset when I found that out. I was hoping that if I was feeling better we could go mon, wed and p/c on friday. atleast it fills your time here. 5 days with nothing to do here is torture. the ballet and opera house is closed, so we can't do that in the evening. rain is predicted for the whole next week, so that doesn't present too many opportunities. I have had it here and am definitely ready to come home. I don't know how I will make it through this next week.
If anyone has spare time, post a comment or send an email--it is literally the only thing I have to do here.
I wish I MAY
11 years ago
Cindy,
ReplyDeleteI have been going to visit Max almost every day and giving him a little wet food plus dry just to make his life more interesting.Is this okay? Also put the sprinklers on. Milton's cousin is supposed to come this Saturday at 7;30 a.m- this is the 3rd try!!! Let's hope. Max is lonely but fine and he lets me pet him and cuddle when I go. I wish I had some good jokes to send you or a great book. I know how awful it can be to wait and wait and wait. A suggestion : try gargling with warm salt water. email and vent all you want. We all miss you.Love K
I have only just found your blog but after reading your post thought that I would post a comment to help pass a little time. My husband and I adopted two children from Vladivostok in Feb 2008 and I can remember how slow time went between visits to the kids. Do you know what day you can pick your son up? We had a calendar on the wall of our room and everyday we had a little ceremony as we crossed out another day, I think that my husband even sang 'It's the final count down' as I did it. After so much waiting it's hard to believe that it's ever going to end...um...Ideas on how to pass the time...Write a bucket list, I think I would put
ReplyDelete1. Sing keraoke. I know this is an easy one...but not for me. The problem is that my husband is an awesome singer and to say that I'm not would be an understatement, this shouldn't matter but it does. Also by the time I've had a couple of wines and have begun to think that I might be able to sing, it's about 11pm and suddenly all I want to do is go home and get into bed with a good book (kids do that to you).
2. Build a house (not myself). We recently bought a large paddock so this one might be easier than the first!
3. Travel overseas more. After all that Russian travel this one may be a long way off. May have to stick to seeing my own country for a while. My husband and I have a two room tent and a site booked at a fantastic white sand, isolated, sunny beach. Sounds great doesn't it? The only possible problem is my two active preschoolers in a tent.
3. Get skinnier! Not much, just 1/2 a dress size. Enough said!
4. ...Um what else..run a marathon, can't see that happening! Might change that to, run to the end of the block and back.
5. Care less about what other people think and give more things a try. Help others more, have more compassion, develop more interests and of corse be the best Mum that I can.
So there's my top 5, now let's hear yours!
Hope this has filled in ten minutes.
Hi Cindy,
ReplyDeleteI feel bad that you are sick and now have to wait again. It stinks. I have some advice though, from one Mom to another, get some sleep while you can!!! You are going to need to get better and be well rested for next week and this may be the last oppurtunity for a very long time that you can get the rest that you need. You are probally so run down. It is sad but my ideal vacation would be to go somewhere and sleep . LOL . I'm so excited for you and very impressed at all you have accomplished! So sleep guilt free asmuch as you can. Once you are well rested I would love to have an e-mail to catch up on all the years we missed. My e-mail is vmarshgrl@aol.com. I am as disorganized as ever and already lost your e-mail. If you could write me I promise to reply. Thanks and sweet dreams! Love,Val
Cindy,
ReplyDeleteI don't know who this Sarha person is but how sweet of her to write. Her suggesting a bucket list made me think I should try writing one and I think it might be a time passing one for you to try especially if you can let your imagination soar and not think about money also play with all the crazy what I might want to try dreams. I may do this too but I am still feeling the effects of my liquid lunch so I h ave to sleep first. Love Kathy
Hey Cindy! You can make it! I know it! Hang in there! I've got several links on our blog that might make for some interesting reading. One is even on Russian birth family searches. Do you like to play games like boggle on the computer? (I can easily get addicted to it!) You could search online for it. I'm praying for you!!!!
ReplyDeleteSarah's list looked good too. I actually have our next 25 years worth of dream vacations planned- different countries each year. I'm a listmaker so I get in to that type of thing!
Hang in there!
Amanda
http://www.adventuretoanna.blogspot.com
One more thought- have you checked out all the yahoo adoption groups? I know you're on the Kras. one. There's one related to birth family searches, one for Russian adoption, Russian sibling searches, etc. There are also state-specific groups. We're members of the TN one. Just something else to research to pass the time!
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