only in Russia....

would there be a leak in pipe, that causes a flood in our bathroom that takes--- two days, five random boys, one 'under the influnece' plumber, many phone calls, and skills in miming-- to fix.

would you sit around a tiny table in the kitchen drinking tea with the five boys who tried unsuccessfully to stop the leak with a pencil and then, because there is no one common langauge between the bunch, go around the table taking turns singing, to pass the time. i sang amazing grace when my time came. its the only song i ever remember under pressure.

(this all happened a week or so ago...but it was a good time...and i wanted you to know!)

Its been sunny as of late, and the day light hours are getting longer and longer. The sun is up before 7 in the morning and goes down well after 9. I know in the next month it will just keep getting lighter. Sadly we will miss the "white nights" that come during the summer months.

It is strange to think that we only have four more weeks of classes. Ive begun to plan things for the summer and year to come. I am excited about the next step in my life...but I really am trying to live in the moment, and be completely here. Which depending on the hour is very easy or quite difficult.

To not yearn for the past or future, but to be in the now and to live here. That is a hope I have for all of us.