Strange Happenings in CyberSpace and More

So, we have our flights to Moscow booked (Lufthansa) and our flight to and from London booked (Aeroflot). We also have September 3rd booked at the Courtyard Marriott Moscow (rack rate starting at $716, free to us thanks to our Marriott Rewards visa cards), as well as September 10-13 at the Marriott Grand in Moscow (starting at $826 a night, again two nights free and one night at $187.50, thanks to Marriott points). I got word our Russian visas on the way to us. Now, we just have to book our apartment for 9/13-9/20, which we plan to do tonight.

We have to get one of the booster seats in my car tonight, as my sister Rachel and her son Dominic will be arriving tomorrow night. My brother Ryan is driving up from Indianapolis Saturday morning, so it should be a fun weekend! We have the LightHouse picnic Saturday, and then we'll go over to Woodward and show our guests the craziness that is the Woodward Dream Cruise. Sunday we'll be doing lunch with friends at our favorite ex-neighborhood eatery, the Royal Oak Brewery (despite their change of menu...AGAIN).

Now, for the CyberSpace strange happenings. My favorite forum is on FRUA.org, where many Eastern European adoptive parents gather discuss issues uniquely related to us. On Tuesday, FRUA was down, much to the chagrin of many of us. Once again, this afternoon, it appears to be down. The admin, aka Marshall Dillon, doesn't know what happened the first time. Conspiracy theorists on the board think perhaps its related to the situation in Georgia right now. We shall see!