Day 32 (Thurs March 10th) Dnepro - Pick up girls again/Day 9

Yesterday was a pretty relaxed day.  We got up and made our 11:20 bus.  Of course, we were running around trying to get out the door on time, but hey.  That's a fault of both Masha and I, so us combined...yeah. LOL  We made it though, with actually 25 minutes to spare before the bus left.  While we waited we fed some birds. :)

Little One feeding the birds.  No, we didn't have any topance. ;)

The ride over there was okay.  A little boring since we've gotten used to having Yura to talk to, but not bad nonetheless.  I didn't have anyone sitting next to me so I had a place to put our stuff and spread out a bit.  Sort of anyway.  I swear the seats on those buses are smaller than airplane seats, so spreading out is a relative term.

We just need Masha to live with us all the time.  What are we going to do without her??

The walk to the orphanage was a little chilly because of the wind.  I think the place takes after DayBreak where it's always windy.  Or, since this village has been around lots longer than DayBreak maybe it's the other way around. LOL  Things were pretty quiet when we got there.  The girls went off to go eat so we also ate the sandwiches we'd brought.  We didn't really see many of the other kids and just played UNO with the two were were taking anyway.  Pretty soon it was time to head to the bus.  The walk there was much more pleasant since the wind had quit.  Something had been bothering Ira, but as we walked along she got very talkative with Masha and everything seemed fine.

Masha reading a letter from Margie to her girls, while they listen intently. :)

The ride back wasn't nearly so nice.  The bus was pretty full by the time we got there.  Kristina and Little One sat up front, Ira a few rows back with some guy she didn't know, me even more rows back with some guy I didn't know and Masha behind me with some guy she didn't know.  In those little seats.  Actually it wasn't all that bad, I suppose, except when he fell asleep.  Then his leg was half in my area as well. LOL

Just a note to those coming after me.  If you have a large personal bubble, you will need to get rid of it.  My personal bubble is actually quite small and pretty easily opened up, but even I've thought a few times, "You're in my space!" :)

Anyway, we got off the bus someplace we thought was close to our apartment.  We took a wrong turn though but ended up finding it just fine.  The nice thing was that we also found a couple of stores we want to check out this weekend.  I told Masha we should get lost more often!

Once home we ate and the began our nightly Skyping.  My friend, Kim was on so I got to chat with her for awhile.  That was so fun!  She's coming here on Saturday, though who knows if I'll get to see her before she heads to her orphanage.  If not, we've always got when we're both home.  We also talked with the family Kristina stayed with and that was very, very nice as well.  Husband has a camera/mic now so he went home for lunch and we got to actually see him.  My dad was on his way to Ohio and had at least made it to Atlanta.  Mom...I didn't get my Skype message saying he made it....  Dad - "Hi!  I hope you made it safe and sound!"

Well, for a boring day I was a bit long winded.  Enjoy, everyone, and happy packing to all my friend headed here this weekend!  Love you all!