Winter Blues

Feb 10th, 2008

Wow, I am tired of winter. We’ve had a couple nice days recently and it really makes you want spring to come a bit sooner. Glad I don’t live in Russia!

My in-laws will be here soon. My wife will meet them in Ekaterinburg next month and fly back with them. She is getting exited for them to get here. It has taken about a year and a half for the entire process to get them green cards.

Her parents have sold their apartment and are waiting to close the deal at the end of this month. Then they will finish selling/giving away the things they won’t be able to bring. They will be purchasing a manufactured home from us that we’ve been renting to my son. So, they will even have their own place, and it’s only 5 minutes away from us.

I imagine it will be difficult for them to leave their country, but exciting as well. They came to see us about 2 years ago and loved it here. My wife and step daughter are their only family and I suppose they are missed dearly.

So this also means no more trips to Russia for a while. We’ve talked about going to St. Petersburg sometime in the future, but it may be 2 – 3 years down the road. Several of Lena’s friends live all around the world. At some point, we will go to Japan, Ireland, Greece and to Europe. So, I suppose once we get to those places, we’ll make a trip back to Russia.