Well dang it! I did take some pictures, but forgot the cord from the camera to the computer….tomorrow I hope to remember it. It’s been a few days since I have written…Saturday I think. We have had a few interesting things happen since Saturday….so here goes….
Well the other American couple living next to us said they heard a mouse Saturday night. So of course Sunday night, I hear a mouse…and Levi hears a mouse too (after I wake him up!). So to get a mouse trap you have to talk to the engineers. Just a short side note…they aren’t engineers. The vets aren’t vets either. The engineers are handymen and the vets are just people who know how to give iv’s to cows and treat them. Actually in Russia, I could be an engineer and vet :) So we get the engineers to give us something to kill a mouse. They give us glue. This glue is super duper sticky glue! We only did one trap, because it was so sticky! Per their directions we took the glue and made a circle on a piece of cardbard, then put “something a mouse would like” in the center. We opted for cheese and piece of bread… You know they don’t have peanut butter here!! Today…still no mouse…so maybe it left the building!
Don’t worry we still have a leaky shower and are taking turns mopping! But last night after washing dishes there was so much water on the floor…I thought I might have just been a little messy washing dishes, so I mopped it up and went to finish putting stuff away. Walked back by the sink and my socks got wet! There was another puddle in front of the sink. I then opened the cabinet doors under the sink and noticed that the pipe going from the sink was gone! It had fallen off and all the water from the dishes I just washed was under the sink! FAIL!! So between our place falling apart and the internet….what to do??
The days are definitely going faster now. I’m not sure if it is because I am getting used to keeping myself busy or if I am actually doing something. I have been going with Levi a lot during the day, because it is nice outside and I know a time will come when it will be toooo cold for this girl! I have been reading, blogging (of course), researching a computer program they are getting (Dairycomp), and emailing people back. It’s nice to hear from home about just the normal things that people are doing :)
OH my Goodness!! Levi told me to look out of the office window today. What did I see---in the conference room, people were lined up to get their blood drawn and some sort of machine put on them. I have a terribly week stomach, so I only looked for a bit, but couldn’t stop!! They were not using vacuums to get the blood either…a good ole syringe. The vet came up and was trying to show the ladies how a vacuum would work. They said, “We don’t need that.” I asked our translator what they were doing and she said they were getting a physical. This machine that they were using was apparently to check the heart. The men would take their shirt off and have these things suctioned to them. Not sure how it worked, but later in the afternoon they asked us if we would like to have our blood tested and heart checked. I politely responded with No Thank You.
Last thing for the day…
BEEF~~ So apparently in Russian they think that a bull is supposed to be raised for meat. They keep them as bulls their entire lives until they are butchered. This could maybe attribute to why their meat is so tough. Along with the fact that Levi saw them chasing around a bull once to kill for meat, doesn’t help. I’m sure he wasn’t stressed out .J Anyway, so when the meat locker comes to buy the cull calves, they pay around $2.56/pound for bulls and only $2.25 for the heifers. They want bulls for their meat. Yuck!
I might not be able to write again until Saturday. Tomorrow, Shan (Levi’s boss), Elena (a lady from home office), and the new translator are coming. Then Friday we have meeting in Penza along with a few errands! I have a list of where I want to go :) Don’t worry friends…Lenta is on the list!! If anyone has an easy recipe to pass along let me know! Keep in mind, I only have an oven, stove, and a couple of pans. But, I can get most fresh ingredients!
Signed, So nice today I didn’t wear a coat!! Happy!!
Why we love Russia~~~
Oh for everyone reading my blog….I am bringing home Russian toilet paper for you! Well for the sake of time and room in my luggage, please just go to your nearest store and purchase some tissue paper. You won’t believe this stuff! LOL Can’t believe I’m writing about toilet paper (emphasis on the paper part)! The farm basically buys roughed up tissue paper in a roll for toilet paper. I have finally remembered to bring our own!! Are they serious??? LOL Welcome to Russia!!
Here is a perfect description of the TP....lol! Copy and paste the links to see..I'm not sure how to link it!
http://goeasteurope.about.com/od/russia/p/russiantoilets.htm
http://flux.net/toilet-paper-in-uzbekistan-excerpts-from-a-summer-expedition-and-a-wealth-of-other-scrutinies
It's worth a visit guys!!! Book your tickets ....lol :)
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