The Seasonal Bait and Switch
So, many of you may think I'm talking about work, but nay! It is in fact the next best thing to bitch about in Russia: the weather! April 1st brought a wonderful April Fool's joke from god when a sunny around 0(celsius) end of March turned into a snowstorm frozen beginning of February.
Fortunately, April warmed up, but I was still reticent to believe spring had come. Until, I saw Russian workers everywhere repainting everything, and I thought to myself, "Yes, the yearly spring repairs have begun. It must be for real the Russians are acting like it is spring." But it snowed this morning and was freaking cold after being sunny and like 5 degrees all week until today! I even almost made an lj post about how you know spring has come in Russia when all the repairs and repainting starts. But I have been cruelly fooled again =( I saw pictures of myself today on facebook wearing shorts, and I was actually surprised to remember that I have shorts.
Work is going better. I have done a couple things to impress the central administration recently, and they have actually offered to move me to a new school when the hours open up for it which should be nice. Been busy working a bunch of overtime the past few weeks as well.
Ben's birthday was last weekend, and we had dericious Indian food and then went to a club that was right near. But Ben left early because he foolishly didn't eat all day until dinner and then gorged himself, which, unsurprisingly, led to him feeling sick.
Fortunately, April warmed up, but I was still reticent to believe spring had come. Until, I saw Russian workers everywhere repainting everything, and I thought to myself, "Yes, the yearly spring repairs have begun. It must be for real the Russians are acting like it is spring." But it snowed this morning and was freaking cold after being sunny and like 5 degrees all week until today! I even almost made an lj post about how you know spring has come in Russia when all the repairs and repainting starts. But I have been cruelly fooled again =( I saw pictures of myself today on facebook wearing shorts, and I was actually surprised to remember that I have shorts.
Work is going better. I have done a couple things to impress the central administration recently, and they have actually offered to move me to a new school when the hours open up for it which should be nice. Been busy working a bunch of overtime the past few weeks as well.
Ben's birthday was last weekend, and we had dericious Indian food and then went to a club that was right near. But Ben left early because he foolishly didn't eat all day until dinner and then gorged himself, which, unsurprisingly, led to him feeling sick.