They are here!

Yesterday I headed off to the airport with plenty of time to spare, just in case our car would again have a problem and leave me stranded. 10 miles from home it did just that. The dials all went to 0 and the lights stopped working.

I called Janis informing him our car had again gone "kaput" and then proceeded to do the procedure he had shown me how to do. I took a wrench and detached the connector from the battery (or something like that- I have no idea how to correctly explain this process) thus resetting the car's internal computer. I reattached everything and still nothing worked. So Janis came to rescue me.

I had expected him to come with another car that I could drive to Riga. But he was dropped off and thought he could fix the car. He wasn't able to . . so we were both stuck. Time was ticking and I was getting rather emotional, perhaps even hysterical about not being at the airport when my sister arrived. I imagined how I would feel having come so far, with a baby, and then to find that no one was waiting for me.

We called a lot of people, finally arranging someone who could pull us home, and someone who could go to the airport.

Life sometimes doesn't go the way we hope, or plan. I am not very good at handling these loops sometimes. I get upset, I pout, I fume. I feel ashamed when I am so childish. Yet in all of this I learn, I grow. I become I hope a bit more patient and a better person.

So they arrived and we greeted them with as much pomp as we could. We laughed and giggled, smiled and marveled over Arianna and then all went to bed.

Today is a new day and we have enjoyed it to the fullest. We walked to Ogre and they changed money. We went to a goodwill shop. And had a lovely lunch. We had a lovely, very long walk and got a bit caught in the rain. But I guess we had better get used to this since our car is out of order.

I am so happy the girls are here. I told Shaina today that having her here makes me feel like I am in Harlan. I cannot even express how special it is when family and friends take the time and money to come and see us. It makes me feel so loved and as if I really am not forgotten despite living so very far away. Thank you Rachel, Shaina, Arianna, and Matthew!