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Hey all, I just wanted to check in from the Motherland. Things here are good, but I've been ridiculously busy with training. For instance, I left my apartment today at 915am and won't get back until prolly 10-1030ish pm. Kinda sucks, but the training itself isn't bad. Today, I taught some Russians both vocabulary used in murder investigations and the past continuous tense. You'll have to take my word that they went together. I like teaching more than I thought I would, although I've taught a grand total of 3 hours, so the jury is still out. I've also realized that my Russian is definitely not up to the task, but I am learning new words slowly; for instance, I learned the words for handcuffs (narunichniki) and cough drop (dlyagul...something or other). Katie, take notes. Moscow itself is huge; it's the biggest city ever. I live about 15-20 minutes inside the city limits and I am still a 15 minute walk to the last Metro stop on my line. I've explored around my neighborhood and around the school where I am doing training and haven't had time to go anywhere else. I live about 15-20 minutes inside the city limits and I am still a 15 minute walk to the last Metro stop on my line. Red Square and the area down there was closed off last weekend for City Day (861 years of Moscow and still kicking) so I am planning on making my way down there Saturday or Sunday. My apartment is small, but nicer than I thought it would be. The building itself is a stereotypical Eastern European apartment block - again, notes, Katie - but the inside is pretty nice. The weather, on the other hand, has not been so nice. It's been in the forties (5-8 Celsisus? I don't really get it) and raining the last couple day. I made a joke about it to the class today - that I'm not used to the weather and they laughed, but probably because 5-8 degrees celsius is nothing and not because the joke was funny. Anyways, I'll put up pictures on Facebook or somewhere once I take some. Hope everything is good with everyone else, I'm doing well until it gets really cold, which is probably right when Katie will arrive in Ukraine...sorry, couldn't help throwing that jab in there. See ya.