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Last night we went to a restaurant outside of town and had excellent Kabob and took in a “show.” It was really just a few dancers and a singer with her accompaniment but it was very “fkusna” (delicious) and entertaining.
Poor “Uncle Mike” has had “Kazakhs Revenge” for a few days but today he seemed much better. The color is returning to his face and he has 3x the energy. I think tomorrow I am going to take him to the “War Memorial Park” and take some pictures.
I have begun to learn the Cryrillic alphabet so I can sound out words. I have no idea what they mean in most cases but I do understand a few.
Alexei continues to do well. We have bought him several outfits and I can see a change in him already. He’s generally a pretty quiet and content kid. Each day we show up at the Dolphin House at about 09:30, play for a while, feed him, and then go for a walk around the grounds for a ½ an hour. When we get him back upstairs we put him down for a nap and we go. Pretty simple.
I have stopped testing for this and that and have only one concern which is hearing. He does respond but not as much as I would like to see, to sounds. This could also be that he is distracted when I’m trying to do the test and is just not interested in the sounds I am making and would rather look about than pay attention to me. I guess I had better get used to this…not doing what I want him to do when I ask him to do it! This will probably last a life time if he is anything like his father…LOL
So, the brown water persists. Yesterday it was as brown as I have ever seen it. Obviously we drink bottled water. It seems to only to be the hot water that is brown like the Schuylkill. I have video on another camera of this. This problem is apparently throughout Kostani. How they reconcile with this condition amazes me.
We made another trip to Gros (the grocery store) today. I swear I feel more eyes on me there than anywhere since I’ve been here. It can’t figure out what is so “secure” about a grocery store but they watch me like hawks…like I’ve come 12,000 miles to steal a candy bar. Duh?
We made a few calls home to grandparents and relatives (that includes you Sue and Uncle Bucky). You have to go to the phone company building where you sort of rent a line and pay by the minute. It’s a lot cheaper than the cell rate so it’s worth the inconvenience.
SO the observation of the day is…as we are driving back from the Dolphin House today we pull up next to this dark green van. I am now trying to sound out Russian words on everything… so I look at the back of the van next to us and was able to sound out U.S. Navy! There it was in plain English…US NAVY. Where the heck that truck came from I have no idea since we are like 1000 miles from any port but indeed there it was. I assume it was excess and sold used to some civilians or something. Usually they take the writing off before they do that. But go figure there it was.
My back is killing me. I have been in pain since I made the Planes, Trains and Automobiles trip to get here but I am managing. Saturday I am getting a massage and trying acupuncture to try and relieve some of the pain. I think it’s voodoo but the Chinese have been doing it for a few thousand years and they swear by it so what the heck. For $20US how can I go wrong? IF I don’t like it I can use the magic word “Nyet.”
Here are some more pics and a vid clip. Hope all these photos of Alex don’t bore everyone. They all start to look the same to me after a while.
Last night we went to a restaurant outside of town and had excellent Kabob and took in a “show.” It was really just a few dancers and a singer with her accompaniment but it was very “fkusna” (delicious) and entertaining.
Poor “Uncle Mike” has had “Kazakhs Revenge” for a few days but today he seemed much better. The color is returning to his face and he has 3x the energy. I think tomorrow I am going to take him to the “War Memorial Park” and take some pictures.
I have begun to learn the Cryrillic alphabet so I can sound out words. I have no idea what they mean in most cases but I do understand a few.
Alexei continues to do well. We have bought him several outfits and I can see a change in him already. He’s generally a pretty quiet and content kid. Each day we show up at the Dolphin House at about 09:30, play for a while, feed him, and then go for a walk around the grounds for a ½ an hour. When we get him back upstairs we put him down for a nap and we go. Pretty simple.
I have stopped testing for this and that and have only one concern which is hearing. He does respond but not as much as I would like to see, to sounds. This could also be that he is distracted when I’m trying to do the test and is just not interested in the sounds I am making and would rather look about than pay attention to me. I guess I had better get used to this…not doing what I want him to do when I ask him to do it! This will probably last a life time if he is anything like his father…LOL
So, the brown water persists. Yesterday it was as brown as I have ever seen it. Obviously we drink bottled water. It seems to only to be the hot water that is brown like the Schuylkill. I have video on another camera of this. This problem is apparently throughout Kostani. How they reconcile with this condition amazes me.
We made another trip to Gros (the grocery store) today. I swear I feel more eyes on me there than anywhere since I’ve been here. It can’t figure out what is so “secure” about a grocery store but they watch me like hawks…like I’ve come 12,000 miles to steal a candy bar. Duh?
We made a few calls home to grandparents and relatives (that includes you Sue and Uncle Bucky). You have to go to the phone company building where you sort of rent a line and pay by the minute. It’s a lot cheaper than the cell rate so it’s worth the inconvenience.
SO the observation of the day is…as we are driving back from the Dolphin House today we pull up next to this dark green van. I am now trying to sound out Russian words on everything… so I look at the back of the van next to us and was able to sound out U.S. Navy! There it was in plain English…US NAVY. Where the heck that truck came from I have no idea since we are like 1000 miles from any port but indeed there it was. I assume it was excess and sold used to some civilians or something. Usually they take the writing off before they do that. But go figure there it was.
My back is killing me. I have been in pain since I made the Planes, Trains and Automobiles trip to get here but I am managing. Saturday I am getting a massage and trying acupuncture to try and relieve some of the pain. I think it’s voodoo but the Chinese have been doing it for a few thousand years and they swear by it so what the heck. For $20US how can I go wrong? IF I don’t like it I can use the magic word “Nyet.”
Here are some more pics and a vid clip. Hope all these photos of Alex don’t bore everyone. They all start to look the same to me after a while.
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Can Alex be any CUTER???? I could just eat him up :-)
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