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moscow, month one

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Stefan got sent home from school yesterday with a fever, today he stayed home and of course was fine, talking to me non-stop.

Camille stole my mascara and is at an after school "social." Sounds scary. Can't wait to hear about it though.

The clinic is busy, but Peter likes it that way.

In Friday night pizza news: the commisary has turkey pepperoni! 

Our car is here, but we don't want it anymore.

Stefan talked to me non-stop, but every night he says, "Papa is reading to me!"

Minor miracle: Peter. got. us. out. of. the. iPhone AT&T contract. Now we are waiting for some sim card piggyback thingie to make the sim card here work. It's all very hush hush though and no one really knows how to make a US phone work here. I guess I'll be the first.

We got our air shipment and so we have plenty of oatmeal and flannel sheets. Wish I'd put the immersion blender for soup in there. Am looking forward to having the paintings here, but we won't get our household effects until Thanksgiving or so.

The Embassy newsletter designer/editor position just (re)opened. I'm secretly hoping for this position; don't tell anyone.

I had a workout session with the trainer, a Russian woman in full make-up, and I couldn't walk for three days afterwards.

I dropped a jar of peanut butter on my toe and it's six kinds of purple and I'm sure the nail will come off. It's completely disgusting. And a good excuse to avoid the trainer.

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4 responses to “moscow, month one”

  1. mc Avatar
    mc

    Dina they would lucky to have you! hopefully they’ll be smart enough to figure that one out. Dina De-Bardina Design is the one! Does your trainer wear leather boots? Sounds like it’s just too fast too soon, sometimes slow betta, (at least at first). But if you stick with it you’ll get fit fast, and it will get easier.

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  2. MoscowMom Avatar
    MoscowMom

    Glad Stefan is feeling better… Can’t wait until we’ve joined the embassy association and we can get our butts kicked together. Hope your toe is doing better… It looked PAINFUL the other the day… Good think you didn’t stop to show it to the trainer, though… She’d have expected you to go through the grueling workout anyway… Heck, this is a country where most women give birth without any painkiller (well, it used to be that way, anyway).
    The commisary was amazing! What fun it was to simply walk through as if in a museum, marveling at that chunk of American smack in the middle of Moscow… Enjoy your pepperoni! Me, I’m simply thrilled to have discovered cheap ginger ale in our local Russian supermarket today…!
    See you soon!

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  3. MamaLana Avatar
    MamaLana

    I agree with mc: slower betta at first. That newsletter designer position sounds POIFECT for you, though. Poor toe! When we were leaving for Madrid I dropped a large can of tuna on my big toe, and the darn thing didn’t look normal until we were at our next post! Ugh.

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  4. melissa Avatar
    melissa

    Make sure Camille doesn’t pick up any make-up ideas from that trainer…especially when she “borrows” your mascara. 🙂

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