Moving on

Ok. After eating Brent's Christmas stocking candy (sorry, babe, I knew I shouldn't have tried to buy so early), indulging myself in some retail therapy, a little bit of crying and encouragement from a friend - I feel better.

I can wait another week. It won't kill me, even though it feels like it will.

So here's my long to do list that will keep me busy so I don't just sit around staring at the phone all day
- go to police department and update our police clearance letter
- find books to read on the plane
- finish making my travel journal
- collect addresses for those of you lucky enough to get a Russian postcard from us
- print out paperwork for US Embassy and start to fill out
- print out sheet saying where to send our luggage if it gets lost
- refill Brent's inhaler prescription
- write out instructions for our house-sitter
- find the extra key that I made for our house-sitter that is now buried under a mountain of paper
- buy a thumb drive and put all of our paperwork on it
- download some good podcasts onto Brent's laptop
- make photo book for Andrei
- find out how to add Andrei to our health insurance
- buy extra cat supplies
- set up website where we can put up our travel pictures
- clean the entire house
- move stuff from the pile on Andrei's bed into actual suitcases
- write out Russian word cards that I might need
- go to the library and read about 6-yo development
- quit my job and move to Shumerlya so I can be near my boy

to buy
- sweater for court
- money pouches
- luggage tags
- Kleen Kanteen water bottle
- whatever Christmas presents I can
- a haircut maybe?
- Peppermint Mocha
- a new brain