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All the best intentions...
Nov. 12th, 2006 08:08 pmActually, I probably did get a couple of thousand words down today, but so far, I've completed only 4,000 of the nearly 15,000 words in the assigned document. I'll likely lop off another couple of thousand tomorrow, followed by as many as I can get done on one battery's worth of charge (assuming I'm lucky enough to arrive at the airport with a fully charged battery) during the long flight home. So I figure I ought to be about 50% complete once I get back to Texas.
My lassitude in this immediate regard is due mostly to not wanting to sit and work on my computer in my sister-in-law's apartment in Moscow for what may prove to be the beginning of a long hiatus before the next such trip. I have plenty of time before the item is due, although I should keep in mind the informal freelancer's rule that says: Don't dawdle just because you have time, as your next assignment may be calling you as you read this!
I went out for a walk early in the afternoon and upon coming back, suggested to Alla that perhaps we might visit an Aushan store (a big, hypermarket kind of place, kind of like Target on heavy steriods), as I had wanted to get another one of those faux-Japanese teacups with a porcelain filter insert. This recommendation found a willing ear, so we went off to the store and I got another lesson in the use of the system of elektrichkas that travel from the extreme suburbs and riddle Moscow in all directions (the nonstop train from the airport was one such train).
The place was absolutely packed. Among other things, Alla picked up some more dog food, because it was 20% cheaper at Aushan than at the place near her apartment. By 20%, we're talking 8 rubles, or about 35 cents a can, where one can lasts for two days. (In case I hadn't mentioned it, Alla and my mother-in-law have adopted a runty-looking dachshund they've named Asya, who regards me with suspicion, though I've progressed to the point where she will play ball with me and allow me to wiggle my toes and scratch her belly.)
I found what I wanted, though not at Aushan (it was in one of the stores that inhabit the front wall of the store, devoted to teas and coffees). We returned pretty much the way we came, though it was dark when we arrived at the Kuskovo station, which is only a few minutes walk from Alla's apartment.
I think I'll play tomorrow by ear, once I get a couple of thousand words translated. In any event, I shall have to call and find out the particulars about my ride to the airport on Tuesday.
Cheers...
My lassitude in this immediate regard is due mostly to not wanting to sit and work on my computer in my sister-in-law's apartment in Moscow for what may prove to be the beginning of a long hiatus before the next such trip. I have plenty of time before the item is due, although I should keep in mind the informal freelancer's rule that says: Don't dawdle just because you have time, as your next assignment may be calling you as you read this!
I went out for a walk early in the afternoon and upon coming back, suggested to Alla that perhaps we might visit an Aushan store (a big, hypermarket kind of place, kind of like Target on heavy steriods), as I had wanted to get another one of those faux-Japanese teacups with a porcelain filter insert. This recommendation found a willing ear, so we went off to the store and I got another lesson in the use of the system of elektrichkas that travel from the extreme suburbs and riddle Moscow in all directions (the nonstop train from the airport was one such train).
The place was absolutely packed. Among other things, Alla picked up some more dog food, because it was 20% cheaper at Aushan than at the place near her apartment. By 20%, we're talking 8 rubles, or about 35 cents a can, where one can lasts for two days. (In case I hadn't mentioned it, Alla and my mother-in-law have adopted a runty-looking dachshund they've named Asya, who regards me with suspicion, though I've progressed to the point where she will play ball with me and allow me to wiggle my toes and scratch her belly.)
I found what I wanted, though not at Aushan (it was in one of the stores that inhabit the front wall of the store, devoted to teas and coffees). We returned pretty much the way we came, though it was dark when we arrived at the Kuskovo station, which is only a few minutes walk from Alla's apartment.
I think I'll play tomorrow by ear, once I get a couple of thousand words translated. In any event, I shall have to call and find out the particulars about my ride to the airport on Tuesday.
Cheers...
