We found the supermarket last night (YAY!) and there is an advertisement that plays every 2 minutes with Everyday and now it’s stuck in my head.  It’s actually rather humorous because the voice over is more the breathy, sexy Spanish v.o. than the “Sunday!  Sunday!  Someday!!!” v.o.  If I could JUST download to The Matrix, you all could hear it.

I’m in effing Russia!!!!  I’ve spent the last 2 days just kinda unloading, trying to get organized and just relaxing.  We are EXCEPTIONALLY fortunate to be in this apartment!!!!!!!!!!  We are paying a lot but NOT for what we are getting.  The smallest room is the single which is about 10′ x 17′.  Brittney and I are sharing a room and it’s the largest one but we currently have to share a bed.  It’s basically what we were doing in Berlin so no big.  Olga is going to help us get an air mattress soon.  There will STILL be enough space to have dance parties and possibly a bounce house!  The curtains are a beautiful plum and gold satin brocade.  (right???!) and there is a cute kitty cuddling painting over the bed that made us both miss our furry beasts.

There is a weird thing that happens with total submersion.  There is a moment of panic…oh phuq!  I have NO idea what ANYTHING says.  I can’t read a street sign, I don’t know where I’m going, I don’t know how to ask for help if I need it and couldn’t find the place that could help me even if I tried!!  And then you realize, you ARE a reasonable adult-type, with a brain and logic and your other senses kick in and you figure out where you are.  It’s bizarre.  AND then my nerd brain jumps to light speed and tries to make sense of the words.  Kagaroo Donuts is what it says at Carl’s Jr.  There is the TM star, so I know it’s Carl’s but my head reads Kangaroo Donuts every time I see it.  How can B-pi-H-dbl atari-3-space invader-space invader-U be a REAL word?

We’re going on a boat ride today!!!!