I just got home after a hectic day at my daughters house watching my grandson as his mother was in hospital having baby. While I was there my Iraqi friend Diva called home phone and cell phone….problem is my son had cell phone and since I had never set up voice mail retrieval I cannot listen to her message yet. Son is working on it now.
Anyway, she is here, in Arizona and alive.
So I still haven’t talked to her, but hope to very soon.
Now I await the arrival of grandbaby, sometime tonight.
I am relived on the one hand about Diva but still have all the waiting to do with grandbaby..
Just wanted to let you all know and I will keep you posted about Diva and baby as soon as I know more!
SHE DID IT!!!!!
(Update, baby matthew has arrived, 7lb. 10 oz)
I made the following as a comment down thread but thought I would copy and put here so you can read the update first.
Diva had quite a trip getting here, she went from Iraq to Jordan to Chicago O’Hare, which she said was bigger than Baghdad. Then missed her connection to Phoenix and had to overnight in C. She flew alone the whole way, apparently all the students fly alone and hope for the best. Some of course have lost their luggage and Diva did for a time but finally got it back..
There are some things I will write about another time like these things and then having them to pay for shuttle to Tuscon, no one to greet anywhere. If I had only known at least we could have had some bootribbers meet her in Chicago and Phoenix.
She will also have to pay to get from Kansas City to Lawrence Kansas so I am hoping someone in or near that city can pick her up at airport and transport her.
Do we have any bootribbers near there that can help.She wants to live off campus once in Lawrence, so she will need some help with walking her through the process and then hopefully tribbers can send some donations of household items, etc. to help her to get set up. Ghostdancer has offered to help out as he lives near Lawrence.
She is suffering culture shock in a big way, as I am sure you can imagine, and has been a little sad at some of the things so far, but she brightened up when I told her of the fabulous bootribbers, (like Mannee who will meet her tonight) and Ghostdancer.
Thanks everyone for all your kind words for both Diva and my new grandbaby, I will write more as time goes on and maybe ask for your help with Diva.
