procedure that would delay us again....she was trying to say that the girls
needed new ukrainian tax ID#s issued in their new names before the passport
office could even start the paperwork.....and that this could take a week.
Thankfully, it only took one day. We took the girls Tuesday afternoon to get
their passport photos taken at the official passport bureau. The photos were
electronically sent to kyiv with all the documents and forms. now we are
only waiting on these passports from kyiv. the lawyer said that the US
embassy had gotten involved with the delay in the passport issuances, but
the passport bureau told the embassy to shove it basically. so, hopefully
between our embassy complaining, and our people in kyiv, we will have the
passports soon.
we also took the girls for more passport photos today, for some other
documents....i have no clue what for, only that the lawyer called and said
to have them made.
so, please pray that the passports are issued this week, so we can go to
kyiv over the weekend for an embassy visit on monday or tuesday. sorry dad,
but it looks like we will be delayed again. hopefully we will be back home
by mid next week. we looked at our bank account and we should have enough
money for the plane tickets. thank God for that. now though we have to
figure out how to pay our rent this month as it is due today......maybe the
apartment complex will accept a credit card by phone?
in other interesting news, marina is having meltdowns 2 times a day on
average. whenever she doesnt get her way, she gets quiet, folds her arms and
either crawls under the furniture or tries to walk away. the first is ok,
until she starts beating on the furniture or walls and breaks things. the
second is not ok at all as she does this in crowded public places and she
could get lost or hurt. so, we grab her and hold her while she kicks punches
and bites us. hopefully she will not do this for too long since our arms and
legs are getting sore and bruised. katya is doing better than expected. she
wants to learn english and studies for hours a day. we took her to the
market yesterday to buy some shoes, one outfit and pajamas. we got jeans, a
top, a bra, sneakers, socks, hairbows, and a set of pjs for under $40 USD.
we also took the girls to get their hair and nails done yesterday. roma did
katya's hair- she wanted it cut a bit and highlights put in. looks cool.
marina didnt want her hair cut, but we insisted that at least the dead ends
be removed. we ended up doing the manicures and pedicures at the hotel as
none of the salons here in kgrad would do them on the girls since they were
under 15 years old. so marina and i went to a bunch of shops and bought the
supplies- polish, glue on nails, clippers, scissors, nail files, scrub
brushes for feet, massage lotions, foot soak salts, and facial masks. we had
such a blast in the hotel room. boy were their feet dirty!
photos of all that tomorrow. takes me a day to pull them off the camera and
put them on my jump drive.
melissa
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