Day #12!

Day #12 will most likely turn into day 13 and 14 after the brick walls that Oxana ran into today. All the paperwork she wanted to process today was put at a stand still because the very first document she needs to start the process, the birth certificate, cannot be obtained until tomorrow at 10:00. That is when we wanted to be drivng to Dnipropotrosk to deliver all of the documents to start the passport process. She wanted to be doing that tomorrow morning because the office in Dnipropotrosk doesn't take these documents on Thursdays. So then, that part will be postponed until Friday and so and so on. We were hoping to have the passport in hand by next Tuesday, and now it looks as though it might not be until next Friday (a week and a half from now.) Which means an extra wasted weekend in Dniprozherzinsk before we head to Kiev to finish up the paperwork there.

And why are we having all of this trouble??? Because Easter was on Sunday, which means that Monday is then the official holiday, but for some reason Monday isn't enough. Tuesday is the official holiday for the birth certificate office and they won't work with us until tomorrow. I mean holy cow...how many days off do you really need!!!!???????? It makes me angry and frustrated. I just want to be home with my kids and instead I'm wasting time and money here. Yes, I have learned to cook a few meals, but is that what I really want right now? No. I want to be home.

Oxana is out visiting the other two offices that we need to get paperwork from after we get the birth certificate. She is working on plan B and C trying to see if we can speed things up this week or not. I hope she figures something out. If we can get the passport by next Tuesday, then I will be able to come home around the 16th. If we can't get it until Friday, then it won't be until the 20-21st. Please, please, please, let it be sooner!