July 3rd, another day on the surface of the sun

July 3 - Thursday 7:30 am - Hi everyone! It's another beautiful day here, and it's going to be HOT again! Yesterday it was around 38 C, very humid and no wind - wow... we walked to the downtown area for dinner (30-40 min walk) with the group (Jen/Bert, Gretchen, Pam/Grev) and the humidity just hung in the air! (yep we taxi'd home) It thunderstorms almost every day here, either at 5-6 pm or overnight - the humidity is killer........ we're thinking wistfully of our air conditioning at home........
The downtown area is very crowded, with lots of restaurants, shops and apartment/ office buildings, so there is no air movement at all on the ground - and the exhaust fumes are unreal. We are more glad all the time that our apartment is away from that area - we don't have the exhaust smell or smog, and being on the 6th floor we have a nice breeze and a gorgeous view!
Pam and Grev leave tonight to go back to Ottawa, as their first trip is now complete. We are very glad we met them and wish them a safe trip home! They're also at Babyhouse # 3, which means we'll have the same judge for court, so we're hoping to be on similar schedules for our 2nd trips. (The judge is who determines how long the paperwork takes between trips, and we've heard anything from 3 weeks to 8 weeks in between)
Speaking of the babyhouse, we didn't see any more of the building yesterday but we did see kids in the outside play area - large cribs are set up for the babies (10 ft x 10 feet cribs, it looks like), in an area under big trees so there's shade, and there are swings and play structures for the toddlers/bigger kids - it's great for them to get some fresh air.
Without giving too much away...... we have met a child that we'd like to continue visiting! (yay!) We're very impressed with this child and hope the visits continue to go well. We asked a TON of questions of the BH director yesterday and received some background, and we'll have more questions after a couple more visits, I'm sure. We'll start now to visit every day, and see how it goes. We'll post an update once things are further along. Thanks for your patience!!
Have a great day!
take care,
N&P