Sheep Guarding Llama

Wednesday.  Walked into the office this morning.  Only today and tomorrow left here in Kiev before we travel back to the United States.  Our time is up.

Nearly available in the office is an ice cream machine.  So for lunch today, after having a croissant, we had ice cream.

I did my regular pre-travel uploading off all of my last images off of my phone today.

After work today, it was late but not ridiculously late, so I swung into the McDonald’s which is just down the street from the apartment and is right on my way home.  They have been asking for it for weeks and it was so easy.  So I brought that home and everyone is happy.  We seem to always get McDonald’s once, just before we leave a country.

Tuesday.  Three days left in Kiev.  I walked into the office again this morning.  Worked for a while.  Then Anton, Max, and I went out for a drive along the river and went to a water front restaurant there for lunch.

Blankets are a common thing in this part of the world at restaurants.  We first encountered them a year ago when we were living in Romania and had taken a trip down to Montenegro for a few days.  It comes, I can only imagine, from a culture that wants to be outside and get fresh air, but is often in colder climates so accomodations have to be made.

Being on the river, of course fish is the obvious choice.

Lunch was awesome.  Everything in Kiev seems to be.  We had such a nice time lounging by the river.  Really beautiful spot and great food.  It was super quiet.  There was a private birthday party going  on at the venue but it was not down on the river so we could not even hear them.  We had the place to ourselves.  There was a priest in the news this morning for having done something involving millions and millions of dollars and we actually ended up parking next to him at the restaurant.  Small world.

Tonight, back home in the evening, I broke up the bottle of sambuca that I had gotten from the grocery store the other day.

Today I ordered my new Google Chromebook.  It is the Asus C201 that I managed to get from Amazon for just $179.  It is being shipped to dad’s place so it might even be there when we arrive later in the week.  I have been really wanting a Chromebook for a long time and I know that I am going to be attending VeeamOn in New Orleans very soon and I need a small, long battery life laptop with me when I do that so that I can stay connected and productive while I am there.  A Chromebook seems like it will be just what I need.  I am quite excited.

Monday.  I walked into the office this morning.  Lena knows to get me coffee as soon as I arrive.  So handy.

Today begins our packing to leave Kiev.  We will be flying out on Friday to go back to New York.  So only four days left here in Ukraine!

I worked a long day in the office today.  It is a holiday here (May Day) so a lot of people are out, it is relatively quiet.  Anton and Max were both in the office today, but left early.  But Anton returned later in the day.

Back home in New York, dad had a tornado watch today.

Tonight, after getting home late from the office, I played Minecraft with the kids before turning in for the night.

Sunday.  Today begins our final week here in Kiev, Ukraine.  The time has really been flying by.  We have been busy and getting to see so much of the city.  We love it here and are sad to be leaving soon.

This morning, Dominica and I, having finished Star Trek: The Next Generation yesterday, started watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine which I have not seen in forever and never finished, and that Dominica has never really watched at all.  The first season, which I remember, is really rough and annoying.  But people keep telling me that it gets better as the seasons go on.  We are giving it a chance, but so far, it is just like I remember.

We had Internet issues today with the service going up and down throughout the day.

This afternoon Anton got us and took us to Praha in a park in Kiev.  It is a famous restaurant and the setting is amazing.  Everyone had a great time sitting outside, wrapped in blankets, on the water’s edge enjoying some really fantastic food.

This evening, I started watching Cosmos, the new remake educational series.  It is good.

Saturday.  Today Dominica and I spent the day wrapping up our run through of Star Trek: The Next Generation.  The girls would randomly get into it and watch it with us, or decide that they were not into it, for the entire run.  They liked the first episode, but then were wishy-washy about it after that.  It has been so long since Dominica and I did a full viewing of it, that was a lot of fun.

I did some Hostadillo work today and got Dominica set up to start work on the new MangoCon website.  The old one was a complete disaster, so she has been tasked with overhauling the entire thing and seeing what she can do to get things working again.

We cracked open a bottle of wine today, while we relaxed and watched TNG.

Jeremy and Rachael moved to their new apartment in Geneseo today.

Later in the day I worked on SuiteCRM.