Teenagers

No, this is not a post to complain. I actually miss mine quite a bit and really wish he was here with me. It would be so fun to experience Kiev with him and spend good, quality time. Fischer is such a good young man, and I'm so proud he's my son.

What I wanted to write about is Sherry White's son, Keegan. He is so lucky to be here with his mom. He's had to do a lot of sitting around and waiting with us the past couple days, and he's been a trooper. I don't think I've heard him complain once. In fact, he's been a lot of fun to have around. Although he's pretty quiet most of the time, we've had a few good laughs.

Like yesterday in McDonald's when we were passing time for hours, the men's bathroom was closed for about the 50th time for cleaning, and this man had to wash his hands. I guess it was urgent because when a lady came out, he went right in the women's bathroom without making sure it was clear (in fact Sherry was sitting in there on the pot!) Then another woman went in there. You should have seen her face. She saw him, backed up, looked at the door sign to verify it was for women, and all the people at the tables around us started BUSTING up laughing. She exchanged some words with him, and he explained he had to wash his hands (I can understand Russian quite well because people talk with their hands here). Keegan and I had a good laugh, then Sherry came out and we laughed even harder telling her the story.

Then today, we were at Western, a seemingly American restaurant with cowboy get-up all over the place, pop music playing, and a very skinny man waiter. He was kind but serious like most Ukrainians here, took our order, and a waitress handled the rest of our interactions. At one point, the waiter RAN out the back door on his cell laughing buoyantly and kind of almost dancing or hopping. Keegan and I looked at each other and started laughing. It was just so out of character for any local we've seen... He was happy, in Ukraine, and in a cowboy bar. Maybe you had to be there.

Oh but wait, this is the Chicken Caesar salads we all ordered... With ham... And it wasn't Caesar sauce. But it was still good.






And the man at the social security office... What's up with the going bald/shaved head with the tiny duck tail? Really? Tails are in here big time, but not on a going bald guy. Too much.

Anyway my point is that it's fun to have a teenager around, especially when he's polite and fun to be with. We're hoping to do some site-seeing and maybe even go ice skating when we're here. They have a free rink in the summer, hopefully not because it's melting in the heat. I am hoping the Golden's will be able to join us for some fun before we all go home. I can't believe this is all winding down so fast. I was told it would be like this, but I honestly didn't believe it.