Uh...

I have no idea what I'm writing about today. About the only thing that was interesting over the last day was my trip to the store, which was vaguely frightening- the supermarket shoppers here are MILITANT! I managed to buy batteries and tissues and yogurt, etc. Figuring out what candy I wanted was extremely hard... I finally just bought a bag that a) didn't have a picture of prunes on the front, ) cost 65 rubles and c) vaguely resembled the wrappers of a candy I particularly liked from the candy bowl in the kitchen. Jackpot! I got home to find that I'd managed to buy almost the same candy, only without orange flavoring- sort of an almond roca type thing called "gryalizh" or something like that.

Humph. Rain just started pouring outside. I am so incredibly glad that I brought my little REI jacket that turns into a little ball when it's not in use; there is absolutely no way to predict the weather here, and a more serious coat can be a real hassle when the rain stops immediately and the sun shines the rest of the day.

My cold is getting a little better- my lungs don't itch, I don't feel like I'm going to die when I cough, and my nose isn't trying to paint my shirt green, so the arc of improvement is continuing. I was sitting in my NYI (New York Institute, generative grammar) lecture yesterday, and I heardmuch coughing and sniffling. I think I figured out where I got this cold. Other people from that lecture are coming down with it now, too.

I tried to go find some yarn and knitting needles the other day, too, but no such luck. Marina Sergeevna told me the general area of the store, but since she couldn't remember the name and there wasn't a giant sign saying "YARN" anywhere, I didn't find it. Oh well.

Oh, and since I fell asleep before I finished my homework last night (at this rate I should put on my pajamas before opening my book), I was working at my desk this morning when my hostess came in and told me that there was going to be a work crew coming to repair the pipes in my room today or tomorrow, so instead of finishing my homework I had to put all my stuff away- everything I own is now either in my suitcases or under the bed. Luckily, I got to the university early, so that turned out fine.

Aaaand... yeah. Email, then I should log off because there's high demand for computers today.