Still happy...! (Oh, how the heck can I get out of Russia? I agreed to 5 years in total, and I'm committed to holding up my end of the deal...this is the third year...) But let me just get this out: It is killing me.
Moving on...the kids and I spent a lovely day yesterday just hanging out - we went to a park we used to frequent when they were much younger. We had a long lunch at a casual breakfast-y/brunch type restaurant (Chez Cora), where we all had fun drawing on the backs of the paper placemats with crayons. Pumpkins, witches, ghosts. Bubble-writing. For all the electronic gadgets my kids possess, they seemed to enjoy drawing together much more. (And I'm no artist...but they seem to think I'm talented - I'm grateful that at 8 and 10, they're still at the ages where they think I'm good at something. Ha!)
Today we go back to the Russian consulate -gah - even in Canada, that place is very Russian. No desire to hang out there. At. All.
And I get my laser hair removal today - a big event in my world! :)
Eating has been pretty good - it's pleasant to have fresh food all around. I have indulged in a couple of non-fat Spiced Pumpkin Latte's from Starbucks - yummmy and filling. (It figures...they've finally opened a new Starbucks around the corner from where I used to live, now that I've moved away...)
The sun is shining. The air is clean. I can go wherever I want without fear of being followed, stepping in globs of saliva on the sidewalk (another disgusting feature of life in Russia), or threat of wild dogs. You know, the basics...
Life is good :)
Moving on...the kids and I spent a lovely day yesterday just hanging out - we went to a park we used to frequent when they were much younger. We had a long lunch at a casual breakfast-y/brunch type restaurant (Chez Cora), where we all had fun drawing on the backs of the paper placemats with crayons. Pumpkins, witches, ghosts. Bubble-writing. For all the electronic gadgets my kids possess, they seemed to enjoy drawing together much more. (And I'm no artist...but they seem to think I'm talented - I'm grateful that at 8 and 10, they're still at the ages where they think I'm good at something. Ha!)
Today we go back to the Russian consulate -gah - even in Canada, that place is very Russian. No desire to hang out there. At. All.
And I get my laser hair removal today - a big event in my world! :)
Eating has been pretty good - it's pleasant to have fresh food all around. I have indulged in a couple of non-fat Spiced Pumpkin Latte's from Starbucks - yummmy and filling. (It figures...they've finally opened a new Starbucks around the corner from where I used to live, now that I've moved away...)
The sun is shining. The air is clean. I can go wherever I want without fear of being followed, stepping in globs of saliva on the sidewalk (another disgusting feature of life in Russia), or threat of wild dogs. You know, the basics...
Life is good :)
6 comments:
My life has been one move after another. I've lost track but I've moved close to or more than 50 times in the past 45 years. Still, I can't imagine living in Russia. I can almost hear you relax when you get away from there. Smiles.
I'm sorry you're so unhappy there. It doesn't help that Montreal is so freaking awesome! My favourite city in all of Canada!
I have this overwhelming sadness for you that you still have more time over there. The globs of saliva aside, it just has to be really hard to be wishing your time away so you can get out. I really really feel for you.
Enjoy that Canada while you can!
So glad that you're enjoying some time in your hometown (or area). I can't imagine what it would be like to live so far away and in such a different environment.
All this pumpkin flavored stuff is killing me. I want to eat anything and everything that is pumpkin. LOL! Luckily, your choice of Starbucks isn't so bad. :)
Yay Russia! Hang in there, kiddo! Haha!
All my sympathy. We've had some foreign assignments that were pretty hard to get through (although we never had a five-year commitment ... yikes). We found that getting back to the states (or Canada :) ) at least quarterly went a long way. I always figured that was cheaper than years of therapy.
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