Quieter now

We've made big progress on documents. I have everything for my residency renewal turned in. Will's lost paper is found. He can pick it up, get insurance, and submit his documents tomorrow. That's a huge relief! We're still not done, but this is all really good. Also, it's actually only a little bit later than it should have been, although that doesn't matter during quarantine.

Also, Will's making progress with his health, too, after some trouble. He has a specific arthritis diagnosis now. On the day that he was headed to Kyiv, we found out that the headaches he was having were from high blood pressure, caused by an arthritis medicine. He also had a blood sugar spike. That meant he had to see a diabetes doctor and start eating like she said and go for more testing. The further testing showed the spike was also a fluke caused by medicine. No diabetes! So, now he's monitoring his blood pressure--it's staying down--and trying another medicine. We're cautiously optimistic. He'll go back for followup to see how he's handling these medicines in about a month. 

On the day of his Kyiv trip, Will went to our local apteka [pharmacy] for them to check his blood pressure. That's how we found out it was high. They were very worried about him! Later, when I went back to get blood pressure medicine, and they asked if I'm his wife. (He always goes there, not me.) When I said yes, they said that they were very glad that I was getting him this medicine. And the next time he was in there, several days later, they were sure to ask how he's feeling and how his trip to Kyiv went.

Our kids have been doing music exams and recordings lately (one of those). Also, Asya and I were invited to an art exhibit and concert at our library. I was excited because Raia was supposed to play. The day before the event, they found out that the mayor was coming, though, so they changed the program completely. Asya and Bogdan's teachers played instead, and we did enjoy that, but I missed hearing Raia. It's been so long since we've been to any concerts; this one was tiny and not at the school, so it was allowed.

Winter seems to be ending now, but we've enjoyed it while it lasted. I liked having February seem like real winter this year, instead of just grey and mud! Unfortunately, half our family has mild colds. This has made us realise how long it's been since we've had any sickness at all, though, and we're so thankful. And that's all I can think of to write. Oh, I'm still really enjoying all the reading and writing I'm doing for the course I'm taking. And now, photos: