Current mood:

ditzy

On we go
So it seems we’ll do an every other day thing. Last night was exceptional. If she hadn’t had a little cough every couple of hours, we never would have known she was there. Asella slept from 10 pm to 7 this morning. Thus, I bought her a pony. (Not to eat.) If she does it again tonight, I’ll get her a Honda Civic. Now all this would be really great if not for the weight of motherhood which has burdened Sarah today with a very sore back and a low fever. She’s in pain – we’ll call it labor pains. I guess when you “give birth” to a 17 pound 9 month old, you don’t get the chance to work your muscles up using the newborn size weight. And not sleeping for 3 nights doesnt help. Daddy will be the exclusive pack-mule today.

In spite of her awesome night’s sleep, as is human nature, this morning she’s been crabby and anti-nap. She also thinks she’s starving, which cannot possibly be the case unless she’s John Goodman after a heavy duty pot-smoking session. (Fat guy with the munchies – work with me people.) Her cold is still lingering a bit, which is sucky, because everyone’s happier when they’re not sick, including Kazaks.

The hot water is STILL not on, so we’ve got a pot on the stove to dunk dishes in, and one for heating water for sponge baths. I braved the cold water shower and nearly froze my Kyrgyzstans off. 4 more days here. 4 more days here. 4 more days here. It seems a little unreal that we’ll finally be leaving this place, as we truly have made ourselves at home and as comfortable as can be. We’re excited and terrified to get to Almaty – excited because we’re that much closer to home and will be able to see some new stuff; terrified because we’re not sure how the sleeping/feeding situation is going to work. But, whatever, we’ll roll with it.

So I think I’ll take this opportunity to list the top 10 items I’ll miss about Kostanai when we’re back home.

10. A personal chauffer
9. Not paying any utility bills (though with the water service here, why would I?)
8. A loaf of good bread and 2 ice cream bars for under a dollar
7. Being the center of attention when outdoors
6. Walking to anywhere in town
5. The candy stand at the outdoor bazaar
4. Dinner out - $6
3. Fancy dinner out - $18
2. Kindness of everyone involved in this process (except the judge and state attorney of course)
1. Dinner out - $6 (worth repeating)

Perhaps later this week there’ll be the converse of this list (things I’m not going to miss at all). Be sure to keep an eye out for that.

Well, it’s now 9 pm and she’s down, hopefully for the night. She fights like mad, but she’s no match for the genetically inbred swaying action of the Daddy 2600 (now with Flavonoids!) Shhhhh. She’s sleeping.



We’ve had our ups and downs today, and hopefully Sarah’s affliction is primarily due to sleep deprivation and not something worse, like syphilis. (That would indeed be worse, right?) I’ve just realized that there may not be many more of these entries left. There’s probably no chance of posting anything Sunday night when we get to Almaty, and then I don’t know if I’ll have access Monday or Tuesday. That leaves Friday and Saturday. Yikes, I better work on a good penultimate finale. I will of course post something when we’re back home and slightly recovered from the plane trip.

Here’s to you, and you and you and you.