Whew. I just saw that it was 14 August the last time we wrote to the blog. Let's see...The 15th was the day new students arrived for orientation, the 16th was the first day of school, and it's been a delightful whirlwind since.
We are settling in nicely to our new home. Our big adventure this past weekend was to go to the bazaar and special order a mattress topper. People in this part of the world believe that hard mattresses are better for your back. We believe that soft mattresses are kinder on our hips. We found a place that makes "mattresses", nice thick quilts with heavy outer fabric that are comparable to outdoor lounge chair cushions. The thickest one on offer didn't look like it would cut it for us, so we had a special order made - we gave dimensions and requested twice-the-thickest stuffing. The kind young man who was helping us asked "Do you know how much a kilo of cotton costs?!" Common knowledge for him, but we were at a loss :) He quoted a price which would be exorbitant to any local, but we were quite pleased that it landed well under $100. And...it was hand-made that day and delivered to our bed the next day. I love this!
Our next big adventure will happen this weekend when we go out to purchase a treadmill and/or elliptical machine. The PE teacher at school will lead us on this expedition because (1) he has connections here and (2) he speaks russian from birth and (3) he's just a really nice guy.
The house looks like ours now that our shipment has arrived and our rugs are on the floor. We're having fun seeing how well (or not in some cases) our things blend in with the existing furnishings. All in all it looks like home.
We just got our first shipment from the U.S. Embassy Commissary today and of course we picked microwave popcorn. Would you believe our microwave chose this morning to go on the fritz? It sounded kind of like there was a piece of tinfoil stuck inside - just a bit scary to reach over and turn it off. Was it vibrating or was that me???
Hope all of our friends and family are doing well. Thanks for your patience as we focus on settling in.
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