Rained all night and again all day. Slow soaking in kind. I hope it doesn't freeze before the surface dries off a bit or it will be unfun driving the rest of the winter.
Tanya and I went to visit Tanya and Masha. Andrei was in a billiard tournament. I think that is one way he supports his family. He doesn't lose often. Masha showed us her new room which is quite nice, lacking only a computer which she will get when I get a new notebook. The kitchen and hall are still to finish but it is home.
Masha brought out her English lessons and did her vocabulary for us. She sounds the words out silently to herself. It is cute that she phones every night to get me to say words for her that she has trouble with - purple, hippopotamus, orange are some she has called about. She and the other students taking English have to go for private lessons as there is no English teacher in the public school she attends. Given pay and other conditions at the school, it is a wonder there are any teachers at all. The private lesson books are much superior to the ones from the public school, too.
Too wet to walk the dogs today and I don't think they even came out of their room. Kuchma goes outside only on demand (our demand) and the rest of the time stays curled up on the carpet. Or chair. He is towel trained in that if a chair or couch has a towel on it, he knows he can sleep on it. If there are no towels on the furniture he sleeps where he wants, so it is up to us. Last night Tanya was doing her nails and had a towel across her lap. Kuchma is NOT a lap cat but he saw the towel, climbed onto her lap and went to sleep.
We've been doctoring this week. Tanya's bronchitis finally cleared up but her blood pressure is bad again. She is supposed to get an IV of something for 10 days once a year but had not bothered as she "felt fine". So now she has had two infusions and goes again tomorrow for a third etc. Takes about an hour and already she is feeling better.
If you haven't contributed to The Guy's effort to raise money for Prostate Cancer this November, it isn't too late. The site is HERE. I went for two more tests this week - blood test and ultrasound. All good. So after three tests if there is a problem with my prostate, no one has been able to put their finger on it.
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ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely post until that last groaner.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of Masha calling you for English homework help. Super cute!
Here's the deal: you help Masha with her English; she helps you with your Ukrainian.
ReplyDeleteIf your prostrate's healthy, you won't end up prostate, permanently. At least not from anything you can put your finger on.
All we get here in winter is rain--months and months of rain. Fortunately, the ground doesn't freeze, at least here in the valley.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about Tanya's problems.
The whole blog was just for the last line. RB, stop confusing me, now I will never spell either right again.
ReplyDeleteSB, a winter of rain is not conducive to healthy living. Moss and rust doth corrupt (sorry about that, couldn't resist).