October 6

Krysta has a runny nose and a cough so we spent a good portion of our visit cleaning her face. She was not pleased with this. Also we don’t have any new pix because the smiles were few. By the time we arrived for the afternoon visit, she was back in isolation. The doctor informed us this was because of her runny nose, cough and fever (we didn’t notice a fever). We had a pretty quiet visit, though she did do some dancing. She gets a smile on her face when she dances, and she will throw in some singing sometimes.
Olga and Assia came over to brief us on pre-court tomorrow - sounds like some of the questions we answered for the Dept of Education are the same - and we will repeat the same next week in court...
This afternoon, Philipige delivered a small space heater, which is supposed to get us through. The heat is not tuned on until Oct 17th, and by that time we will be on our way to Almaty. Anyway, as you can guess, the only way to benefit from the space heater is to sit directly in front of it on the floor....so that’s where I am and will remain til bedtime.
Mike here.....we were informed that pre-court will last about 15 minutes. The judge will direct the majority of the questions to me. The baby house director and a rep from the Dept of Education will also be on hand. We have a good idea of what will be asked of us tomorrow, so no anxiety here.
-the weather got a little warmer today- into the 50’s and is expected to be up there again tomorrow. Tonight we ate at New City and had Logman and Pepsi for all 4 of us. The total cost was 950 Tenge (which equals about $7 for all of us to eat a full meal - and Eileen was right that it is good.