Hi there! (And by 'there' I mean hopefully a warmer place than here).
So, we have good news.
1. We actually got to leave town for a day or two. We went to Kharkiv on Friday night and stayed in a hostel with some PCVs and on Saturday we briefly met with our regional manager and ate some lunch before touring the city a little and heading home on the coldest bus ever. Kharkiv is beautiful and we'll be going back in the next couple of weeks to see a ballet or opera there. They are very cool and fairly cheap apparently.
2. Apparently the cold weather is on its way out soon. People are saying that is should begin warming up again in the next couple of weeks. HAPPY! Though this winter has been apparently very mild in comparison to norms.
3. We received our care package from my sister Lisa and it was filled with hard-to-get goodies like re-sealable plastic bags and Orville Reddenbocker oil and popcorn. It has been put to good use already.
(Begin Segue... Today's Russian word for the week is actually a sentence that I have uttered many times lately:
Как я могу получить в Интернет в моей квартире?
(Kock ya magoo pauloocheete vinternet vmaye kvarteera?)
Translation: How can I get internet in my apartment? ...Segue complete)
The great home internet search continues as today I was informed that I have to go to another office in order to ask about it. Apparently, you cannot buy UKRTELECOM internet here in the UKRTELECOM office. You need to go upstairs to another office which is not connected to this office but around the back of the building up another set of stairs and of course they were closed. It's my white whale. Soon, I shall harpoon the great beast!
This weekend will be somewhat calm unless we decide to go to an Indian Food party about 5 hours away. We'll keep you posted but it should be ok.
Anyway, we saw that there were some tornadoes in Tennessee around Murfreesboro so I hope everyone is OK. I didn't see any Facebook memorials so I assume everything is normal. I know Joe's mom's work took a good beating but she is ok so that's our number 4 good news.
Last but not least...Happy Birthday Laura Baragwanath (Shannon's aunt)!! Hope you are having a good time in CO!
Until next time! We miss you guys and love you all. Seriously!
Danny and Shannon
