Now that the corn is picked off you take the axe and chop the corn off at the bottom and then pile the stalks in heaps, and the field is pretty big...Bunica and Natasha again are working circles around me and I am trying to keep up. Natasha's ax broke so I let her use mine while I went and bagged corn
But first we had lunch. You can see the Ukraine behind us. Lunch didn't last long enough and were back at it....
After the corn is bagged you call someone to haul it down the hill for you and here came Stella and ?
So we pile these 50lb bags of corn on the wagon until it is ready to tip over and off they go to bring it to the house and we walk down the hill. Its about 4pm. Did I mention that Bunica is 76 years young.
We get to the bottom and Bunica gets the stove going and makes some supper as we wait. When Stella and the driver show up we unload and start filling the corn crib. By 7 we were eating and by 8 I was in bed...
Tom was in Chisinau and missed all the fun... He was there because he has neck pain with numbness in his R arm and thumb. He has 2 bulging discs and was getting 3 weeks of treatment. The treatment was helpful but he continues to have the lingering pain so is coming back to the states (PA) for evaluation and opinion. It is thought by us that it will be sometime this week. I will be staying here working and waiting. Right now we are together for the week.
Here is a God story! One of the girls in my Health training sector is from Pittsburgh and her mom is a Dr. Ingrid called me when she heard of Toms dilemma. She gave us contact info and Tom has been in contact so he shouldn't need to go get a whole new set of everything that has been done here before he sees a specialist there. Toms sisters and Kate will be around to help him out too if he needs special care. So that is a bit of life here in Moldova. I miss you all and send Love from here to there! Marcy.