Villa Villekulla

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We headed out of the city at about 8.30 this morning to meet R’s Ethiopian Grandmother, and this day started out on a much more positive note than yesterday ended. R was in a great mood and was anxious to wake up J so she could show her the outfits I had laid out for...

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I had to skip journaling yesterday as we had a pretty rough day all 4 of us. R bursts into tears everytime we say no to anything and it takes quite a while to get her back in good spirits again. She is also testing us by grabbing sugar packets and swallowing them as fast...

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We got R! although her paperwork is not in order yet. It has been a surreal day! K spent the first many hours this morning at the airport trying to get our luggage, but the plane coming in from DC was delayed. Thankfully it was with the plane and we have everything now. We barely...

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Oh boy. C has given me her password and asked me to post her emails to her blog. She is unable to post from Ethiopia and is definitely disappointing some people. Since I am “the.last.non-blogger.on.earth”, I need to make it clear that this does NOT count as blogging. This is merely...

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We found out today that R’s paperwork is NOT in order and that we cannot travel for our Embassy appointment next week after all. We are suppose to leave Sunday morning. We receIved this news at noon today- 2 1/2 days before the trip. We cant say that we are shocked as our agency has...

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So we went out to dinner with our family last night to celebrate K and my mom’s birthdays this month, it will probably be the last night out on the town in a long time. If K and I look a little stunned, it is probably because we are thinking about all of...

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I seem to be confused about where I am going with this blog. It is suppose to be a photo-album/journal of our trip, but I cant help myself and had to share what I found out about the presidential candidates positions on HIV/AIDS or lack there of. Hillary and Barack have done their homework,...

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It is Super Tuesday afterall so check out this inspiring video, my ‘last non-blogger in the world’ friend shared with me today:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/yeswecanvideo
Watch this supporter-created video of Barack’s speech after the New Hampshire Primary and invite your friends and family to join our movement.

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