Whew! It's been a while since I've posted. After a wonderful, relaxing, family-filled stay at home, it took a red-eye flight to Boston, a bus trip, and a car ride, an all-nighter packing, one U-Haul rental, several sweaty hours of moving, lots of cleaning, many Goodwill trips, and lots of unpacking, but I am finally settled in the new apartment ( Read more... )

Back in AK for the week, and got welcomed home by an honest-to-God earthquake yesterday morning. Wheee! I love my state. No moose sightings so far, but I'm hopeful.

Spent an absolutely lovely weekend in the bay area playing Rock Band (I rock on the drums) eating delicious Asian food of every description: dim sum, Korean hot pot, pearl milk ( Read more... )

After two days of unpacking, laundry, paying bills, and generally getting resettled, the feeling of unreality has subsided. I've gotten readjusted to the idea that yes, I live here. And despite my (rapidly dwindling) supply of Russian chocolate, Russia seems a million miles away. Now I'm completely focused on finding a place to live when my ( Read more... )

After a weekend in Pennsylvania with my wonderful family and two days with my sis and her adorable kitten in Brooklyn, then a rather exhausting day of bus and car rides, I am finally back in New Hampshire. And as soon as I pulled up to my house, I got hit with the weirdest feeling of unreality. Do I really live here? Is this really my kitchen, ( Read more... )

Back in New York now at Chelsea’s apartment in Brooklyn. My flight took off at noon from Moscow, was in the air for ten hours, and landed at two pm in New York. Time travel ( Read more... )

Finally managed to get pictures from my last week in Vladimir posted. Kodakgallery is being weird and won't let me rearrange them, so they aren't in the order I'd like. Oh well ( Read more... )

After a manic last week which included finishing up all my work at the AH and saying goodbye to all my Vladimir friends, I made my way to Moscow on Friday night and then to Krasnagorsk, where I am staying with the wonderful Ivanovs ( Read more... )

Earrings: 2 pairs (plus one matching necklace ( Read more... )

Not much to report over the past week - a lot of working, a lot of crappy rainy weather, a lot of playing Uno with my host family (this has been surprisingly helpful for my vocabulary, as I think I will never forget the verb "to skip"). Obama's visit has been all over the news. My coworkers have been making a lot of hilariously snarky comments ( Read more... )

Bleargh. It is raining and cold and I am feeling headache-y and sore-throat-y right now ( Read more... )