Progress!

Well, the girls were supposed to come yesterday but no visas yet. I'm trying to keep my mind off of it by tidying the house, putting things away and cleaning that which could use some attention (understatement).
Digging out some adoption books that have helpful info on what to expect from kids who have spent time in an orphanage. I've read the books before but since that is not the American Way, I didn't read that part. So far, what I'm noticing is over-structure. For example, the kids don't have the luxury of choosing when to eat but must follow the schedule set by the orphanage. This teaches them to deny their own physical cues. They may sit down to a meal and consume as much as they can as quickly as they can because that is all they are going to get till the next time they sit for a meal (breakfast and dinner). Will watch the girls carefully. Constant hunger is a real concern and to have food so available will be overwhelming to them. Contrary to impulse, what an American parent must do (who has almost unlimited access to stupidly large quantities of chow even in their own humble abodes) is provide the kids with baggies of healthy munchies the kids can carry around with them 24/7.

Also keeping my mind occupied is the resuming of construction! The last couple of weeks the builders have put their bums in high gear and are making up for lost time. I think they are a week ahead of schedule (the new one not the old one, if it were the old one they would be done by now!) Ahem. The new hopeful finish date is July 3.
The lower half of the family room walls, the floor of same room, the frame and floor of the kitchen nook are almost done. Destruction today. Yesterday it was 95*F and today as in the classic Colorado style, it is topping 55*F. On this day, they will be removing the east wall of the upstairs bedrooms and the sliding glass door, allowing even more of said Colorado weather and accompanying fauna in the form of bugs almost free access to our living space. Okay, there will be a sheet of plastic between but you get the idea.