April 27, 2000

Last night me and mom had the scare of our lives. We got a call from Gus at 2am saying that he was in Filipiada and that he could not find Babs. I told him I thought she was stopping in Lelova. We did not know what to do so he was going to drive there. He called back at 4am saying they had not found her yet. I freaked and started crying. Uncle Jim had gone looking for her too. They called the police and there were no accidents reported. The worse feeling was that no one could do anything. Then she finally showed up at Kosta's house. But poor Uncle Jim was still driving around and no one could tell him that they found her. It turns out that she fell asleep and missed her stop and got off in Preveza. She did not know Natasha's phone number so could not call her. Some guy was very nice and drove her all they way to the house. Now this guys is 23, somehow tied to the village, studying engineering in Athens and potentially coming to Chicago for his masters. Anyway. Me and mom woke up at around 9. We got ready and went to the academic center. Then mom went to Vicky and I went to change the date on my ticket.  Then I went to Vicky for coffee. Mom came and we did a bit of shopping. Then we went home because she made me spinach rice for lunch. And she bought some delicious strawberries too. We spent the afternoon at the house watching tv. Then we came home and packed our stuff. I got a nice surprise phone call from Mrs. Dina and then John came over. We talked about stuff. I really love that kid. After he left, I ate, shaved and did some work. Now it is time for bed an din the morning time for the village.