Apples and Onions

I’m going to take a small break from my personal Office: Season 6 marathon to update you all on the last week.

Highlights:

• Celebrating Thanksgiving at work, showing the Russians how it is done (actually, I think they are far better than we are at sitting around with close friends and family and eating and drinking as much as you physically can!)
• Finding Hummus in the local седмой континент and consuming it for almost every meal for the last week
• Receiving two darling packages from Miss Aimee Sibet and Miss Marion Kessler—you better believe I rushed to apply Burt’s Bees to my lips and place brand-new bobby pins all over my hair (I have also scarfed down all signs of chocolate…)
• Receiving a “Happy Birthday” balloon from my star student with zebras and monkeys on it. She said, “I know your birthday isn’t until December 22nd, but I thought of you and had to get it!” ahhh.
• And…having a big Thanksgiving bash with all of our closest American/Russian friends here. I believe there were 17 of us, and my flatmates and I got dressed up to host. Instead of turkey we had chicken, instead of sweet potatoes we had pelmeni, and instead of wine we had vodka. GOOD TIMES.

Lowlights:

• Feeling constantly emotionally unstable for some reason or another, and realizing that most of my stability lies in my bestest friends and family who are VERY far away from me right now. booooo.