The waiting game...

Okay, so, 3pm in Moscow is 7am on the east coast. It's ridiculous to think that anyone would be answering emails or Facebook messages at this hour, but still.

Plua I woke up at like 11 today to pack because I thought it would take forever, but it didn't. And last night I didn't finish my dinner, so there was some салат (sal-ah-t; trans. "salad", in quotes because it's more like the tuna/chicken mayo-y type salad) and half of one of the котлеты (cot-let-e; trans. ground beef patties that taste more like meatloaf than hamburgers). Well, I ate the "salad" when I got up and was going to eat the beef thing with an orange a couple hours later, but my host mom came home at noon and started making lunch. So we had pork, fresh veggies, and canned corn (which I have officially gotten used to being cold) and then she reminded me that I need to eat the beef thing before I leave. Sometimes she eats them with острый кетчуп (os-tree kyetchup, trans. spicy ketchup (but it's actually regular ketchup... which inspires the question, what is regular Russian ketchup?). I really have to eat them by themselves.

So I was originally going to bring a backpack and a wheely carry-on, but the my friend, Anna, who I'm travelling with, called and said she's just bringing a backpack. I just fit everything that was in my carry-on into my backpack, and only had a few small things left over to put into my purse. I have no idea why I didn't just try the backpack in the first place. Just goes to show I'm not an efficient packer.

I better go force down the last of my leftovers so my host mom doesn't freak. Then I'm going shopping for delicious train food (aka a loaf of my favorite bread and some pre-sliced salami), which should cost me about 60 rubles total (trans. $2.40). Mmm, my favorite flavor: cheap!

Goodbye for now! The next time you hear from me I'll have at least two more stamps in my passport! :-D