Flower Delivery
Earlier today Hayden and I ran out and bought our next door neighbor a bouquet of flowers to say Thank You. She’s much like having a guardian angel and has kept a watchful eye out for all of us, but especially for Hayden and I since Bob left.
Yesterday a woman rang my bell, I decided to open the door. The door is so noisy that when I open it our neighbor can hear me; so she came out too. She grabbed my hand stepped in between us and began to shoo the lady away. She was obviously irritated with the lady and scolded her in Russian. The woman promptly turned and left, with our neighbor standing guard until she heard her leave the building. Then turned back to me and gave me the universal sign for money. Apparently, the woman was asking me for money.
She’s also the one who came by to tell us about the water situation, and helps us with the water and gas meter readers. It was nice to see her genuine surprise over receiving the flowers. I also packed up all our left over supplies, plus some fresh fruit I bought earlier that day and we gave them all to her. I’m pretty sure she’s on a limited income, because she began hugging/kissing me and blessing me when she saw the groceries. Snapped a final pic of her and Hayden together.
Hayden and I are all packed and ready to go. Our bags are parked at the front door, our clothes for tomorrow are laid out and our plane tickets are in hand. Not sure how I’ll get to sleep tonight.
It’s been a long road home and this is the start of the end. We leave tomorrow Tuesday 7/4/2006 at 11:30am and will arrive in Almaty around 1:25.
Yesterday a woman rang my bell, I decided to open the door. The door is so noisy that when I open it our neighbor can hear me; so she came out too. She grabbed my hand stepped in between us and began to shoo the lady away. She was obviously irritated with the lady and scolded her in Russian. The woman promptly turned and left, with our neighbor standing guard until she heard her leave the building. Then turned back to me and gave me the universal sign for money. Apparently, the woman was asking me for money.
She’s also the one who came by to tell us about the water situation, and helps us with the water and gas meter readers. It was nice to see her genuine surprise over receiving the flowers. I also packed up all our left over supplies, plus some fresh fruit I bought earlier that day and we gave them all to her. I’m pretty sure she’s on a limited income, because she began hugging/kissing me and blessing me when she saw the groceries. Snapped a final pic of her and Hayden together.
Hayden and I are all packed and ready to go. Our bags are parked at the front door, our clothes for tomorrow are laid out and our plane tickets are in hand. Not sure how I’ll get to sleep tonight.
It’s been a long road home and this is the start of the end. We leave tomorrow Tuesday 7/4/2006 at 11:30am and will arrive in Almaty around 1:25.
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