We slept later today. Ate lunch before out appt. Tom and I took a cab to our appointment at the State Department of Adoption, SDA. The streets were so packed with protesters that the driver could not get us to the SDA. We took side streets and alleys. In fact, he drove on the sidewalk in front of McDonald and almost hit Jeff Tarr who stopped there for lunch! It took 45 minutes to get to the SDA by car. We could have walked it in 20 minutes.
We had a bit of excitement before our appointment because Yuri our lawyer wanted to speak to the Interim Director of the SDA. They had a lively discussion in his office while we and the Settlemyres waited in the Administrative office. Finally, we went downstairs to meet the SDA's translator and Child Psychologist. We hand them our newest document asking to adopt Maksim and Oskana. They had Maksim's file and went through that quickly. They needed to leave and find Oskana's file. They obtained her file because they mentioned that she was 10 years old. They reviewed her file with us then stated that we could have a referral. We were joyful and went outside to meet the others.
We went to a cafe while the others had their Wed meetings with the SDA. Our family and Jenia had to leave because we went to the ballet. The ballet was wonderful and we enjoyed the performance. I am very glad that Helen thought of this idea.
After the ballet, we grabbed a snack and went back to the apt.
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