Right after we went off line last night we got two real phone calls. First Alex called and Brian talked to him– he had been working on document translation all day and would be submitting them to the court today. Also asked if we needed a new light switch and Brian said "yes" – and when he comes we'll tell him we want assurance this won't happen again! :) He said he would be by Tuesday afternoon but we weren't "to wait for him" – so I guess that means our morning is free anyway. I am guessing we'll head to Cheremkhovo tomorrow for another visit before court on Thursday. We don't have a Nathan Genya update but for sure today he should be back to the baby home.

Yesterday we were watching TV for a bit – their "ESPN" equivalent I think. Anyway we were watching a game that seemed to be a cross between basketball and soccer. It was played in a gym and there were goal on either end with a goalie. There was a round basketball type ball but smaller – they could dribble it and pass it and the object was to throw it into the goal. It was high scoring – it was 13 to 11 while we were watching. These were women playing the game also. Anyone know what it is ??

An observation from here – we never hear any sirens. For a city this size (over 500K) in America you'd hear something at least once a day – we heard a siren once and it was a long ways away. Interesting!

Temperature on the TV this morning says it's -14c so it is warming up slightly – we'll give the real report after we return for a morning walk!