We were waiting for the next announcement of the changes in the border control restrictions (they are updated monthly, after the EU updates). We hoped that some traffic through the external borders would be finally allowed, but unfortunately, there were no changes in our favor. It is especially frustrating because many restrictions were lifted at the internal border, including even “traveling for romantic reasons!’ But nothing for us!Also, I called our border control to check how travel would look for Boris, and they were not super helpful. Apparently, “airlines should know” what to check, but airlines do not :).
When I asked whether a person can leave the US before the 14 quarantine days are over, they said they do not know, and can I please call CDC. Although I understand that CDC has nothing to do with border control, I called. They said that “they only have a president’s proclamation, and nothing else.” And that they have no idea, and I should check with the border control :). Beautiful. I informed them that the border control sent me into the opposite direction 🙂
Summary: nobody knows, and it will take months to have the things closer to normal.
My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996.
I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future.
I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life.
As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.
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