Well, I have almost been in Moscow for three months, and it is so hard to believe. It is really flying by, especially now that we have become adjusted.

Much has gone on in the last month (?) since I have posted last. All 8 kids have now officially started kindergarten, so it's been fun to have the whole group there most of the time. There are 3 boys and 5 girls, and I think they are starting to warm up to me much better than I might have previously mentioned. It's inevitable that spending 9 hours a day with people can make you beging to become attached to someone, especially cute little three year olds. And while this is not the age or exact job description that I had in mind, now that I have gotten into the groove of what I am doing , I am enjoying it much more. We have fun...

Leah, Rick, Kelly (a student at one of the universities here), and I went to a Cska vs. Manchester United football game(soccer for all you Americans ;) ). Manchester won 1-0 in the last 2 minutes of the game. It was my first professional soccer game, and it really was so much fun! The men definitely out numbered the women however. Oh, and the fans were so into the game too, very unlike in the socialness of games typically in the US it seems.

Then, a group of us went to Beauty in the Beast. It was in Russian, but it was sooo good! It was the same music and story line as the cartoon, but it had some Russian flavor to it :)! Oh, and Bell was so beautiful, but she was actually blonde. We weren't sure about that at first, but she really did turn out to be excellent. Then, there was a very flamboyant candlestick, who was Leah's favorite. He would move his hips every chance he got! :) Oh, and then my favorite was the break-dancing carpet of course! I think he was supposed to kind of be like the foot stool in the cartoon.

Finally, last week, a few of us spent the week in the UK. It was for fall break, and it was a much needed break. We first went to London for a few days and saw as many of the big things as we could. I enjoyed getting to see London and be surrounded by English speakers and a culture much more similar to the US; however, my favorite part of the trip was... Scotland.

We spent the last 5ish days in Scotland, and it really was beautiful. I am so excited that I finally got to do this, because I have been wanting to for a really long time. Even after having gone and come back, it's hard to believe it happened! We went to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the Highlands. I will put up some pictures later! Oh, and we had the most magnificent dinner at a friend of some friends here in Moscow. His name is Gus, and he lives in Edinburgh. He is just the neatest guy, so we felt pretty lucky to have gotten to spend an evening with him... There really is much more I could say about the trip, but I'll spare the details unless you ask!

Now, I am back at school and have about 5 and a half weeks until I head home for Christmas... it's unreal, but I have to say that I am so completely excited about it!

Cheers (They say this in Scotland for "bye" and "thank you," and I just love it!),
Becca