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Monday morning Garry planned to leave at 5 am to drive to Kiev to pick up his parents who were arriving at 1 o'clock. Of course, he woke up at three am. He checked the email, found out the Eagles had won on the internet, tried to go back to sleep, gave up and left at 4 am. You can see the car all fixed- except it needs to be painted still. He had a Mc Muffin and coffee at Mc Donalds along the way and he was in Borispol (where the airport is) by 11:30. The plane was on time, and left the airport around two.
He planned to stop at a restaurant for borsch for dinner but ended up with a quick stop at Mc Donald's, and they filled the hours with talking arriving here around 9- about a half hour after a 15-20 minute power outtage that had Maxim and I hunting for battery powered lights as the ladies were milking at the time- handmilking will work without electricity- as long as you can see the pail! Sunday's sick cow was all better and in the milking lineup.
They were in bed after having some tea and cake, and everyone slept in except Garry who was up early to feed the cows this morning. His Dad was up and out to the barn before 8 am with the swivels he had found for the cows chains. I made bagels for breakfast and the guys (Garry, his Dad and Maxim) headed out to get a load of hay. They dumped that one on the pad and got a second one before lunch (dinner). Garry was excited to find out that the farmer is willing to sell him another 10 tons of alfalfa- they even had a tour of his pig barn. Victor was here by dinnertime, and they did a number of things, including spreading some slag(with the loader- everything is easier with tractors) on the new driveway for the barn (the old shed came down in August to make room for a straight drive in) so it will be ready for the rainy season. Everyone is off to bed around 9:30 (except the boys and I) after Garry fell asleep watching the replay of last night's Blue Jays_ Yankees game- they really like the Yankees on our satellite feed with North American sport content. The door is unlocked as Maxim is still outside- the ladies will just be finishing the last milking of the day. They moved into the summer kitchen on Sunday.