As we drove away from the airport in Moscow I was surprised by how happy I was to be back in Russia. It is pretty easy for me to do nothing but complain about our life here, and I know I did a lot of complaining on our vacation, but honestly I do really enjoy our life here. I guess I hadn't really given myself an opportunity to realize it.
We had a great vacation, but I am glad to be home. It turns out that home really is a relative term because we came back to a different house than the one we had lived in for the last 8 months. We had to move again right before vacation, so I wasn't even unpacked all the way before we headed out. While we were gone the farm turned off the power to the house so a pipe burst and now our floorboards in the kitchen are really warped. It definitely could have been worse and all of our stuff was ok, so I just need to put a rug in the kitchen and stop worrying about it.
AJ is pretty much adjusted to the time change. She is growing so much, and it is so weird to realize that she has spent almost two thirds of her life in Russia! When we go to the store I tell her to say, "Preevyet, Hi, Preevyet," and she waves at clerk. She also knows, "Paka," for bye, but she won't say anything, she just waves. She doesn't really say a lot, but yesterday I caught her tickling her teddy bear and saying, "Tickle, tickle, tickle."
