Will I actually complete a blog post today? and not
just in my head?
I'm having a bit of blogger's block right now.
Ok, here goes.
We arrived safely on Saturday afternoon (Romania time) following a very smooth 4-hour drive to D.C., a 9+ hour flight to Switzerland, a 2 hour flight to Bucuresti, and a 1 hour drive to D.T.'s mom's apartment.
Is it any wonder I looked like
this on the plane?

And can someone tell me why a guy can be tired, and still look like
this? It's just not fair!

Alas, we
did arrive,

and
since then, we've been trying to adjust to the time change,

eating,

Oh my goodness, we are going to have
so much more weight to lose when we go home!
visiting with family,

celebrating Easter (Romania is mainly Orthodox, so the country celebrates a week later than in America)

"Hristos a înviat!"
"Adevărat a înviat!"

People who attend local Orthodox churches walk home after midnight services on Easter,
bringing lit candles with them as a symbol of bringing "the Light of the world" to their homes.
and my birthday,

I've had
three cakes so far for my birthday here!
This one the first night.

This one
on my birthday yesterday.

And this one tonight.
La Multi Ani! ~ Happy Birthday!and playing Santa Clause to D.T.'s best friend's boys.

Who's the OCD one now? ;-)



Yes, the
big boys had more fun putting the nerf gun together
than the
little boys got to have playing with it!
Like I said, everything has gone pretty smoothly with this trip so far. Well, except for the bottle of hair stuff that broke open and spilled all over one of the suitcases. And the flat iron that overheated, smoked, and melted from too much voltage... oh, but not until
after it fried a piece of my hair. Yeah. I know.
Nice.
So, let me answer one of
your questions!!!
Answer: It's kind of funny because we always bring stuff that they can't find in Romania and we always take home stuff that we can't find in America. Sometimes, they are the same types of things (chocolate, deodorants, etc...), but we prefer what one place has over the other. For instance, we always take his mom things like Polygrip because the comparable products they have here in Romania are not always as effective. We always bring candy and presents for his best friend's children. We also usually bring lotions from B@th & B0dy W0rks for all the women. I mean, what woman doesn't like
that, no matter what country she's in?!? :-) Lots of other stuff, but too much to list! You get the idea. ;-)
Well, I guess that's about it for now. I think now that I am caught up for the most part, I can do some smaller posts on a more regular basis. Tomorrow - more answers to
your questions!
Oh, and I will tell you about
something you are likely to see in Romania, but very seldom in America and
something else that you
always see in America, but
almost never in Romania. Any guesses??? :-)
Living in His JOY, HOPE, and PEACE...
***Don't forget to
pray for someone today!
Thanks CC for the contest. Does DT have a lot of family in Romania?