Tonight, I drove a stick shift again, after some, hmm... four and a half years? Where general driving is concerned, it was the first time I drove since I left South Carolina in July 2007. Though drove is not quite the right expression - I practiced starting and shifting gears on a parking lot. This was prompted by the fact that, once I start ( Read more... )

You know what I realized? The main reason why I want to do my internship in Prague is this: I hope that in Prague, I'll be able to find a figure skating coach, skate regularly, do off-ice practice regularly, go to a gym regularly ( Read more... )

Looks like I have a place to stay in Prague. For when I do my internship there. If I end up doing it there, but it's getting likelier and likelier. Mom's (now former) colleague and one of the Czech bosses here offered his son's empty apartment first, but then found out that the son had recently promised to rent it to someone else. But he found us a ( Read more... )