We Have Heat!!

Today was a very good day, we got up early and met Viktor and walked to the State Department of Adoptions Building (SDA). The way there was quite the adventure, especially for someone who does not wear high heeled shoes. I discovered today that true cobblestone roads are designed to be walked on in anything else than flat soled shoes, but the good news is that I only did the weebly wobbly dance once (stop laughing Alisha), and I only twisted my ankle once. All in all I thought that it was a successful walk, however once we left the SDA I put my Crocs on and walked back to the apartment...I have filled my high heel wearing quota for the month.
At our meeting this morning with the SDA, we were there about an hour perusing through the different files. We found a brother and sister that we chose to meet in Berdyansk, they are 9 and 10 respectfully, and their names are Yakov and Taisia (I am not sure if that is the correct spelling, but it is close). So we will pick up our referal tomorrow afternoon and leave tomorrow evening to make the trek to Berdyansk via the train and we will meet the kids probably sometime on Wednesday or Thursday.
After our meeting we came back to the apartment and chilled out for several hours. Dave walked down and got McDonald's french fries, and believe it or not they were the best McDonald's fries that I have had in years...it was either that or I was just starving and didn't recognize the fact that they were gross. Rick says it is because they were fried in real beef fat and not the stuff that we have in the U.S., who knows but they were good.
We met up with Fran, Rick, Kola, and Viktor for dinner, of which I ate too much AGAIN...and to top it off I ate dessert, I tried some of Viktor's dessert and I ate most of mine. I have no idea what I ate but it was good. Then the five of us (Viktor went home) walked around Kiev for the ever elusive coffee pot for Rick, we still did not find one. We took some good pictures today and even got a self portrait of Rick (he was attempting to take our picture in front of the fountain, but instead got one of himself) that picture will be posted on Facebook later this week.
When we finally made it back to the apartment I was excited to discover that we have HEAT!!!! Whooohooo lets hear it for me not freezing my butt off tonight! Then to top off our evening Dave went for scenic tour of Kiev in search of toilet paper...he came back empty handed, but did happen to find 2 rolls that I overlooked in the cabinet...oops...he needed the excercise;-) Well until tomorrow...