- 1/19/2008 2:25:31 PMPassing the timeAnother week has passed with no significant news of a court date. This week Peggy sent 6 more documents away for apostilling and they came back from Madison yesterday. I'll scan them into the computer and email them to Val.
On a technology side note, if you have a computer and a flat-bed scanner, using them is a good way to keep track of your important documents. Especially those that you have to send and re-send. We have a Canon Cano-Scan Lide 30 USB scanner that I picked up for $7.00 and I have used it for a wide variety of things. Peggy prefers to make photo copies and keep everything organized into folders and files on the dining room table. The computer is my workspace, the dining room table is hers. Enough said on that... If I say any more, I'll get in trouble.
Over the last few days, we've been in contact with other families who have recently returned and discussed many of the nuisances of the trip. Things such as gifts, home-stay families, staying in the region v.s. staying in Moscow, the Doctor appointments... It is very comforting to talk with those that have traveled this path before. It puts us at ease and makes us feel like we're a few steps ahead of where they were when they went. We are gaining the benefit of their experiences and knowledge and that helps us prepare mentally for what lies ahead.
It is easy to become frustrated with the situation and the pace of the activity. I keep reminding Peggy that in many ways this is a business transaction. We are paying for and are in the process of acquiring both goods and services. While I don't think of Yuri as a "good" in the same manner as purchasing a vehicle or a meal at a restaurant, never the less, we are paying money to get a child.
She reminds me that we are dealing with people and to treat the situation appropriately. Dealing with people, waiting on them, waiting on the situation... all requires patience and understanding.
Perhaps this is just another example of why a man and a woman, a husband and wife are a matched set. Each sees things that the other doesn't. Each has strengths and weaknesses that are complimented by the other.
What a blessed man I am.
