Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Well, Mother seems to have accepted the idea of Igor, and I am so relieved. I know she is apprehensive about how he will adjust - so am I, a bit. I just feel so strongly this is my son, I think she's caught the Igor Fever. LOL. [Have to change that name - we are thinking of possibilites...]
It's been so hard to get any work done, I have been so distracted.
I found out his region - Petropavlovsk, in northern Kazakhstan. Not easy to get there by air, but I found out Lufthansa flies to Astana, the capital. I have to do
some long plane flights again [Petropavlovsk is not near any major cities] but
it will be worth it.
I sent out sort of what we in the adoption world call "paper pregnancy" announcements and asked everyone at work and in my personal friend book to pray for me. I know if everyone prays I can get it done. I have Alesia praying every night "Please let us get my little brother home soon." - in addition to the regular prayers.
Coco went back to the doctor today, and she is better. The wound is still sensitive but the vet took the bandage off and said it needs air. She put some stinky cream around the wound site so Coco won't lick it. So far we think it's working.
I came home tonight and watered our vegetable garden and planted some onions. I am surprised at myself for being so excited about a garden. Now I understand why Dad came home every night when the weather was nice and walked around his yard. I used to wonder why the stupid yard was so fascinating. Now I get it. The genes of my farming ancestors are starting to make themselves known.
I managed to stay on my diet but man was it hard. There were cookies put out in the department this afternoon. Tomorrow I have to come home on my lunch hour and get Mom and go to the vital records office and get certified copies of our birth certificates. Will have to eat and run. Oh boy. I packed my lunch with several healthy snacks - yogurt, a banana.
I keep Igor's photo on my desktop here at home, and at work. I must look at it a dozen times a day. I just want to grab him and hug him and kiss his little head. He is probably already too big to like that kind of attention, but we shall see. Alesia has become a lot more affectionate as time has passed.
Stay tuned!
