Week of Aug. 21 to Aug. 28

This past week was a very busy week! Last Sunday, Natasha and Petra were supposed to arrive at Ronald Reagan Airport, in Washington D.C. But, their plane from NYC to Washington D.C. was cancelled. So, they spent the night on the floor, in the airport. Then, on Monday morning, I had to leave work to pick them up from Fredericksburg. Natasha did not want to wait at the Airport, so they took a $120 taxi ride to the halfway point, between our house and Washington D.C. So, I got them home, and then got in trouble at work for leaving to go and pick them up.

Then, on Tuesday afternoon, while I was at home for lunch, a earthquake hit our house! It was a 5.9 on the Richter Scale, and located about 30 miles from our house. So, my work was closed for the rest of the day, at 3:00pm.

Because of earthquake damage, all of the schools were closed for the next two weeks. I think teachers are coming back this week, but the students won't come to school until after Labor Day. (I'm still not sure when Petra will be going back to day care).

So, then this past Friday, Natasha decided to have her wisdom teeth pulled-out. (They've been hurting her for a while, and she couldn't open her mouth all of the way, so she decided now was the best time to have them taken-out).

But, I'd already agreed to write the story for the high school varsity football team, on Friday night, so I had to leave Natasha at home with Petra. (Luckily, some of our neighbors came to hang-out with her and make sure she was alright).

Then, yesterday, we were ready for Hurrican Irene to hit our house. Luckily, it did not come this far inland, so we didn't have too much wind damage...

Now, today's Sunday, and we decided to take Petra to Chuck E. Cheese's today! She's always talking about it, so we decided it would be a fun thing to do.

Ohh yeah, also last Sunday I bought a Canary bird off of Craigslist, from a family near Washington D.C. I've just been calling him "Bird." But, Natasha and Petra saw a bird in Ukraine, named "Kreesha," so they call our Canary that name. But, the name that he had with his original family was "Boise"...

Basically, we're just happy to have made it through this past week...

I'll try to post some photos.