No breaking news to report so I'm posting a funny picture I took a couple weeks ago. It's on Old Arbat Street and this lady rents out a set of port-a-potty's-- but instead of sitting outside--she sits in one of them and reads! YUCK! Now who wants to complain about their office?
We had a fairly quiet weekend. We were invited over to Susan and Greg's place for wings, potato salad, and apple pie on Saturday night. (it was yummy!) Darron was so exhausted from working about 15 hours a day all last week (bless his heart) that he couldn't stay awake and opted to stay home. He didn't want to be the party dud. I went myself and had a great time! Sheri and Harvy (from Texas) came, as well as Dina, a girl they work with. Dina speaks fluent Russian so we also got a free lesson! We cracked up and discussed food we can't get here, what we can substitute, and how much food we bring back with us after a trip to the US! It's amazing how much American expats talk about food!
Update on our hot water situation: no hot water! Since our landlord was out of the country, his son came over Saturday afternoon to turn on our temporary hot water heater. He informed us it wouldn't be super hot but hot enough for the two weeks the city hot water is turned off. He LIED. We have no hot water. It's not even lukewarm. It's COLD. Darron's been braving the cold showers--me? Not a chance. Luckily, my awesome neighbor Susan has been letting me use her shower WITH hot water! They say the city hot water will be back on May 27th. That's a good thing because our first visitor (my friend Jen Meyers Sullivan) arrives on May 25th! YAY! She gets to claim "1st visitor" award but my friend Janae and fam (who arrive July 13th) get the award for "1st booked visitor"!
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