Day 2, appointment day, or first of 3 D days. Today is the first day we actually accomplished something for real. We met with the State Department of Adoption/SDA/Ministry of Magic. This is where you set down with Ukraine officials select Masha, tell a little about yourself, and hear Masha's psychosocial and physical status. I will have to say Liz quite impressed me with her Russian as she answered questions directly to the lady helping us without the translator. I think it also put the official at ease because at first she appeared uptight and tense. That seemed to change with a little effort from Liz to speak the language. We also had to present a photo album, which they looked through every page and asked many questions. After the interrogation we were told to come back the next day for approval to go down to see Masha. Not sure why it takes a whole day, but it looks like we will finally see Masha on Friday after being here the entire week. Tomorrow we will go on a 10-12 hour train ride to see our girl.
Riding our high from a successful appointment Liz and I set out on foot around Kiev. We probably covered a solid 10 miles of walking. This place is truly a shopping girls paradise. I thank God we only have so much room in our suit cases, because I think Liz has seen a million pairs of boots she would buy. We ended up again eating something not very adventurous and settled on Pizza. We did however eat dessert at a coffe shop and had some nice coffee and cheesecake. I was feeling pretty good following the coffee and really tried to get Liz to head to a club and go dancing, but was completely unsuccessful. She was worried how it would be perceived. I was thinking it would be a good way to experience more of the culture myself. Instead we came back to the apartment, she put on her flannel pajamas, watched it pour down snow, and now we are going to sleep.
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