The Wall

It’s been a rough day for the Morrison clan on both sides of the world. Both Bob and I have hit the wall with being apart and taking care of the kids as single parents on opposite sides of the world.

Bob called a shortly before 6am (his time) to tell me he’d been up all night with Spencer. Seems Spencer’s gotten sick and has been vomiting all night. Bob called the advice nurse, then me to see if we had pedialite in the house. Unfortunately I packed it all up for this trip, not thinking we’d be separated. So of course, I didn’t bother to buy some more for the house. Our extras are sitting here with me in Karaganda!

I asked Bob to call our local Mary Poppins (grandma) to see if she could assist. He didn’t want to call her that early. Our call ended abruptly because he was out of minutes/time. Luckily, since I had run out of my minutes/time this morning (my time) calling Bob, I went out earlier today to buy some more calling cards. So I called Mary Poppins directly and asked if she would call Bob, to see what she could do to help. Thanks yet again Mom!

Thankfully he’s got a Mary Poppins to assist him. Over here, I’m not that fortunate! Hayden’s teeth have really been bothering him today and so we’ve both been cranky and edgy. Did manage to get some errands done this morning, and Lena also called this morning saying she was taking Annie and me to the “souvenir store”.

On our last trip through I didn’t get a chance to make it to the "souvenir store", so I was really looking forward to going. I was vividly imaging a large, spacious store with a lot of merchandise to select from. Boy, was I ever disappointed! The store is quite small and has many of the same items in all the others stores we’ve been shopping at. But being the sport that I am, I did manage to find one or two special items. Most everything I’ve bought are items made from Kazakhstan or Russia and are for Hayden/Spencer’s bedrooms for them to always remember their heritage and birth country.

Since we were both so cranky we took long naps in the afternoon, then I decided we should head out for a walk for some fresh, humid air. These photos are for Bob, lest he think I am not doing my duty by educating Hayden about Road Construction. Although my terminology may be off, after all I am not an engineer! All I know is they are awfully large trucks, but Hayden got the drift of things and enjoyed watching for a spell. Last photo is just of some kids playing at the apartment building next door to ours.

On a brighter note; KOVR/Channel 13 was successful at getting me re routed to Boston! We had to pay a fee for the re routing of course, but it’s better then buying a whole new ticket. We really appreciate their endeavors on our behalf! Not sure when our story will air, last I heard they wanted their affiliate station to shoot some footage in Boston of me/Hayden getting off the plane and our family being reunited. Not sure if that’s still the plan but, once we get word on when it will air we will let you all know. Then we can all tune in to watch. Thanks again to KOVR/Channel 13!!

This trip, our story, let alone our family would not have come about without all the helping hands that have assisted us along the way!!