Whirlwind of a week with family, Zoo, Classic Skating, Bouncing off the Walls, last minute shopping, church and one last non-denominational meeting. It seems like the week just started! Now we are packing for Inna's return trip. She has been a delight to have in our home. She is sweet, kind, helpful, lady-like and endures us well. It's always a nerve-racking thing to get up the courage to ask the "big question". Today was no different. She was already a bit upset that we wanted to take her to the last Ukrainian meeting after 3 hours of our meetings. (I know! I couldn't believe she would choose to go to all 3 hours of our meetings, either!) She and her friend talked through pretty much the whole meeting. Hopefully, she heard something subconsiously. Anyway, she didn't want to go into a classroom, and as you can imagine, the mood wasn't too good to begin with. Well, she resoundedly answered "No" to being adopted. It was abrupt and awkward. We said thank you and all left the room. In the hall, Nanette asked Jordan to maybe have his wife find out why she didn't want to be adopted. We found out later that the reason she said no was because she and her 20 year old brother made a pack that when he finishes school he wants to set up a house and take care of her. She said that if it was just her parents, she would have said yes in a heartbeat. We have thoroughly enjoyed our experience with her and wish her well!