My friend Tonya who left a few weeks ago, said that her life after being in Ukraine waiting for awhile felt like the movie Groundhog Day. I am starting to feel that way a bit as well. As I blog for today, I feel like most of the days this week are blurring together. We really have not had any significant stuff happening, no paperwork to do and not much contact with our family.
Yarik and Vitalii left early in the morning to get back to school. So Sergei and I took advantage of the quiet to try to catch up on our sleep. I knew we could not sleep all day, however tempting it was, as the open air market starts shutting down around 1 o'clock, so we had to get out there to find the things that we needed.
We made a list before we went and I had asked Vitalii for the bus numbers to get us downtown. We took a bus to the center and got off and walked the short distance to the open air market. We found a blanket so Sergei would not have to use pillows to cover with and gifts for some of his friends. I got a pair of gloves as the temps were getting a little chilly. I was running low on cash, because I had forgotten to refill the wallet I take out with me before we left. So the last purchase of gloves that I intended to buy for Sergei had to wait. Which I was glad because I thought they should have been much cheaper than what she was asking. By the time we were done shopping we were both hungry and I figured I would take the opportunity to use the wifi at Celentanos, so we shared a pizza and breadsticks. We each had a Fanta as well, and it was only about $5. Not too bad! The only hitch was that I asked for a pepperoni pizza and we ended up with a pizza with hot peppers.
We took another bus back to the apartment and dropped off our purchases. Then we went across the street to the supermarket for some ingredients to make spaghetti for dinner and some other food and supplies. I can never buy too many apples, these guys eat them up like crazy. At least it is better than chips and candy, which I rarely buy for them. Yarik and Vitalli came over later and we were trying to get Vitalli's sister's computer to get online. It was not working, so we gave up and Vitalli had to leave. Yarik stayed for our spaghetti dinner, but had to go back to school to sleep that night. So I guess we really did not need to hurry to get Sergei that blanket. Sergei and I watched movies and hung out. It is definitely giving us plenty of bonding time. I hope he is not too bored hanging out with me. I want to try to borrow some movies from the Open Arms gals that we can watch in Russian with English subtitles. Although it is good for him to hear the movies in English, I am sure hearing his own language would me nice as well.
I had asked Ksenya about the guy coming to hook up internet, but no luck yet. Sometime during the day we did some English as well. Both boys are really coming along well with their English. I am really proud of them.
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