By the time everything was said and done everyone was covered in mud but the cross was in place. It stood at a somewhat crooked angle but we’d done the best we could under the circumstances. We then hopped back into the truck and drove back to the trailer park hoping that everything would go according to plan once we returned for the actual ceremony. The whole thing had taken approximately an hour and a half and I was profoundly satisfied with myself. No matter what happened, I was at peace with what I had done.
Back at the trailer Sveta was the first one that jumped in the shower and put on some warn, clean clothes. I went last since I helped Dmitry clean out the truck of mud and dirt before heading back out to the school, not even getting an extra five minutes of sleep. My breakfast had
