So the picture uploading is taking approximately a lifetime, so you will just have to hold your horses until I get it figured out.

I am back in Yaroslavl. I spent the entire weekend in the apartment. Like from when we returned at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning till I left for class this morning at 8. Actually I left the apartment once for an hour and a half on Sunday. I'm fairly sure that is not an acceptable way to immerse myself in the dazzling russian culture and intriguing country and people that surround me at every turn. Oh well.

Today I am going to try to go buy boots. But this task might get postponed until tomorrow because I am also supposed to have basketball practice and go play pick-up hockey and also do my homework.

Also these two british students were just sitting next to me and suddenly I realized they had stopped talking and were staring at my screen and its lack of Cyrillic letters. Then I turned to them and said "Hello." Then they said nothing and quickly finished working and left. You would think I could interact with other english speakers with some level of success. Apparently not.