The View From Here

Some of you know I am moving from Ukraine, and some of you don’t….and soon, when I get a chance to breathe, I will write a longer posting and give all the details. Basically I will be leaving at the end of March for Prague. More on that soon. But for now… 

Moving…an adventure in any country, but especially for me, and especially here in Ukraine.

Especially for me because I am a bit of a pack rat (ok, a full-blown hoarding rodent) and I have a “full life”. Translation= I have lots of stuff both worthwhile and worthless.

So as I’ve been sorting through all my stuff, packing, hauling, giving away and throwing out masses of stuff - my wonderful friends have been helping me.

One friend, Jeanne Peipon, helped take my cat, Spot, to the vet because he has to have shots to be taken out of the country. I really thought it would be simple. I had given my carrier away to another friend with a cat, but my cat is pretty calm (in my opinion) and so I thought, it’s only around the corner, he can just go in a box in a big duffle bag thing (Babushka Bags we call them, as all the Babushki - or Grandmas - use them to carry stuff to and from the Bazaars here). Bad Idea.

Every time I’ve taken him to the Vet here (admittedly only a couple of times) have gone quite smoothly. But it was anything but that for poor Jeanne and Kolya. If you’re interested in a funny tale (no pun intended) you can check out Jeanne’s blog at www.jeannepeipon.blogspot.com

More soon on the move..