chai tuesdays and vodka wednesdays.

anchal had a great idea: every week post an update of how many vodka shots id taken since ive been here. sadly i have had none! wine yes, beer yes, champaigne yes, cognac yes, but alas no vodka. then tea tuesdays we added. and that i can! in the 14 days ive been in county i have had ( roughly) on average 5 cups of tea a day! so that would mean i am at cup 70. whoa...

right now i am in PST. Pre Service Training. its intense and exhausting. i have russian for 4 hours a day plus teacher training, teaching actual lessons, cultural lessons and tutoring all mixed in. our only free day is sunday which is usually spent sleeping and eating.

my host family is wonderful. we were told that they like to play games like get the american drunk or get the american married. i think mine are playing get the american fat. they feed me soo much its ridiculous. PST 10 is what i like to call it, liken to freshman 15. it probably doesnt help that i add sugar to my tea and eat tons of candy and cookies on my own...

they also are feeding me tons of fish. i do have feelings about fish. they are not good ones. i can guarantee that once i leave here i wont be eating fish!

so far ive introduced ring pops, jelly beans and uno to my family (mainly my host sister) and they have been a hit. next im hoping for nutella ( they sell here but she has never had!) and peanut butter if i can find it in kiev.

they put sour cream on everything

where i get my daily stuffings