It is here!!!

Our container has finally arrived! Exactly three months after we shipped it from Arizona, after circling the globe from Israel to China, it has now arrived to Romania. In fact, as we type this note, we're sitting on our furniture. Does it ever feel good!?!

When we received word the container has been shipped to Bucharest from the port city of Constanţa, we were also informed the seal had been broken in transit and possibly the container broken into. As we met with a crew of ten government authorities, from police to customs to railroad representatives, and opened the container with everyone present, it became evident some things were missing. Unfortunately, because of the time of the day, the customs people informed us that taking an inventory of the container would not be possible until over the weekend, this meaning that the container had to wait in the customs receiving area. We declined having the container wait there over the weekend as we didn't know what else might disappear.

Upon unloading the container in our apartment, we realized what the missing items were: an end table, a rocking chair, an office chair, and... our brand new BBQ. And, yes, a box of Naomi's diapers and a 20-lb bag of dog food!

'Til later.

-C