Saturday, November 1, 2008

TOURING SMOLENSK

YESTERDAY I SPENT THE DAY WITH THE RASHES SHOWING THEM AROUND TOWN. WE WENT TO THE MARKET, TO THE CATHEDRAL AND TO THE MUSEUM. IT'S NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, BUT IT WAS THEIR GRANDSONS FIRST TIME HERE AND HE ENJOYED SEEING SMOLENSK. ACTUALLY, SMOLENSK IS A VERY INTERESTING TOWN. WE JUST TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG AND SEEN ALL THE SITES SO MANY TIMES.

LAST NIGHT I HAD SUPPER WITH LUDA'S MAMA AND SISTER AND SHOWED THEM THE WEDDING PICTURES. THEY ENJOYED THEM AND WE ENJOYED THE EVENING. OLEG WENT WITH ME AS WELL.

TODAY IS OUR FIRST ENGLISH NIGHT WITH OUR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND THE RASHES. TOMORROW WE WILL GO OUT TO KASPLI FOR CHURCH.

I AM WAY SICK STILL. THINK I HAVE A FEVER. HEAD IS ALL CLOGGED UP. YUCK!!! I HAVEN'T RUN IN 3 DAYS AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY LOST MY TRAINING FOR THE HALF MARATHON!!!! I'LL HAVE TO FIND ONE IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY PROBABLY.

LOOKING FOR A WAY TO WATCH THE GA/FLA GAME TONIGHT. THINK I FOUND ONE ON CBS.COM. IT STARTS AT 11:30 P.M. HERE. SO I'LL BE UP TILL ABOUT 3:30 A.M. PROBABLY(ACCORDING TO HOW THE GAME GOES) I UNDERSTAND YA'LL ARE GETTING TOGETHER. ENJOY!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODD!!!!!!!!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY TOMORROW AT CHURCH. PRAY TOGETHER FOR OUR NATION. THESE ARE IMPORTANT TIMES.

LOVE YA'LL, YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.