Here We Are!

Above: the legroom on Delta's exit aisle.

Below: the legroom on Kras Air!

Well, we made it! It seemed a little less painful this time, maybe because we know the drill by now. The flight was LONG, but FAR better than the JFK to Moscow flight we had last time, for a lot of reasons. Mostly because of the magical "EXIT" aisle.

Very little sleep on the flights. I actually went back to one of the few valuable lessons that I learned at Lansing High School...I just put my head down on the table in front of me and slept about an hour that way. We were thrilled to see Max the driver again, and have now met up with the other couples from our agency here at the Hotel. There is an issue with the hot water, but we are told that it is easier to get hot water at night. Also, we are told that it should only be a problem for a week. We are waiting to meet with Yelena, our social worker, and find out what time we will be going to see the boys tomorrow. Then tomorrow night we are to be prepared for court.

There is a pretty serious wrinkle...Curtis' letter from his physician is dated May 27, 2006. Dr. Stuever's license expired on June 30, 2006, so we waited for the new licence to come and had that notarized and apostiled. Now, we have no proof that the Dr. had a license to practice medicine at the time the letter was written. SO, our dear friend Catherine is going to have to spend her Monday in the car driving around and getting an old copy of the license scanned and e-mailed to us, then notarized and apostiled and then FedExed to a couple who leave for Kras on Friday. Hopefully, this will not delay us. VERY scary to get to Russia and be told you do not have a piece of paperwork that you MUST have! We are pretty freaked out, but nice to know that Catherine is on the case :)

The weather is beautiful! It's perfect!