Day 22

Started out the day by heading to the Hope & Life office/English school for our weekly meeting/prayer time. Laurie made chocolate chip cookies (with real dark brown sugar) that were AMAZING. It ended around 1:15pm, and then I helped Mike get Solomiya and all her luggage into a taxi so that they could go home while I went to my dentist's appointment.
I was VERY impressed with this dentist and her office/treatment room.

Waiting Room: sorry it's fuzzy (from their website)

 

Treatment Room

The dentist, Nataly, not only speaks English very well, but was also educated at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. She worked on my tooth for at least 45 mins, and by the time she was done, it looked like she had replaced my old tooth with a new one. She did amazing work. I highly recommend her. AND- it cost 545r ($68)! I realize that this is quite expensive for most Ukrainians (especially with an average monthly salary of 1600r); but after having so much work done on my teeth over the years in the States- this was a bargain. Quality work for a low fee.

After this, I headed home to relieve Mike of baby duty so he could prepare for his class. I'll tell about the adventure going home in another blog...

An hour and a half later... I arrived home. Solomiya had a Thanksgiving Skype call with Grandma and Grandpa. I google called/Skyped with my siblings (all 3 of us at the same time- that was fun) and also got a Skype call from my grandma!

Annie- Ukraine *** Chrissy- New York *** Freddie- Baltimore

Chrissy and Sophia: They are cooking a Thanksgiving chicken and enjoying a peaceful day at home watching football with Prayer.

Made some "chicken flavored" noodle soup for dinner (mostly because I still could not feel my mouth very well after being numbed at the dentist), Solomiya fell asleep around 6:40ish pm and Mike is teaching his Advanced class.