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That's it, it's all she wrote. Tanya left Friday the 19th, Nastya left last night the 21st.
Jen and I had to pick them up alone Wednesday night...which meant going to Detroit at 11 pm. Anyway, we got there alright. But we got lost in the parking structure! cause it was dark and they were renovating so we missed how to get in the first time, we went around the place a second time, then managed to park. And that was when Nastya texted me saying she landed and was at baggage claim...! We ran, up stairs down stairs across the bridge to the terminal. Found them, sitting and waiting for us downstairs, then ran around looking for the car again. We found it, that was the lucky part. Trying to get home it took us like half an hour to get out of the airport...I missed our turn "TO DETROIT" and kept going along the airport highway. Anyway, then we took more wrong turns a couple times, had to get back on the highway, missed our exit for Chesterfield and had to go through New Haven...UGH! It was terrible! We got home an hour late. Anyway, we got home. And that's the good thing.
Sorry I'm writing horribly, I want to get this all down but i don't want to write the journal at this moment. I know I will forget if I put it off.
Anyway, Friday Tanya went back to the airport. Mom took her while the 3 of us went to Oakland. I cried, yeah...not as much as I wanted to, cause Nastya was standing right there. Nastya went to 2 of my 3 classes with me, she seemed to like it. she said she was impressed, cause Oakland is so big and has so much. Professor Masood actually acknowledged her! Old Luz didn't even say hello, the crusty hag. I like Masood, even though everyone makes fun of her behind her back. She's a really nice lady. I got a 3.8 on my first essay! Woo! But it's not about that. Back to Nastya.
We went to the cottage with her. Dad was a ********, as always. being gross, belching with full force while we're on the boat. Telling her she's bored. Yeah, telling her what she feels. Things were a little weird alone with her...like, I know she felt left out cause there was nothing for her to do and no one to talk to, now that Tanya was gone. So she'd go to the room and read. I even went with her one time just to be there. I wish we talked more...but I guess that's what you get when you put two shy people together: silence. Anyway, on Saturday night *a gold star night* we actually sat up in bed and talked until 12:45. That was great, I loved that. Sunday, we left at 7 in the morning to get to Detroit at 11 for her train. Only for it to be half an hour late. While we sat in the station she showed me rubles. biggrin Even gave me a couple coins: 50 копеек, 1 рубель, и 2 рубля. I was so happy! and she showed me the paper money. I'd never seen rubles with my own eyes, let alone held them in my hands. It was a new experience. smile Now that I have the money, I must see Russia!! Hahaha, wishful thinking. But Nastya DID invite me to Russia for a while month! I asked about1-2 weeks. She was like, 1 week will not do!! She made a valid point, that will be wasting my thousands of dollars only to stay a week. so she suggested a month...who am I to disagree with her? I guess...I can manage a month. wink
Anyway, I broke down when she got on the train. crying and all that. I always do! It was so hard to watch her go. See even now, I'm getting all choked up. She's great...a really great person. Like a sister, almost. She keeps saying, it's my turn, I've got to come to Russia asap, I want to! I really do! I think mom's almost there, to the point of letting me. I got the passport and mom actually told me to turn it in in January, that way I'd have an extra year on how long it'll last)) Tanya asked me if it was for sure. Kate asks, too. I guess I'm striving for next summer. I'll get a job this fall (next month, maybe) and start saving up. Hopefully I can get better at Russia by next summer!! The problem is that I just don't have time anymore...Nastya said I'd learn fast. I told her I was determined not to speak anything but Russian there...)))) Even though I hardly understand it when it's spoken. I guess it's alright for someone whose only been studying for just over 1 year now. I can't do anything but try.
Nastya's in Chicago right now. She booked a hostel and is waiting for her friends from W&T to meet her there tonight. To see familiar faces will be fun. smile I'm kicking myself for forgetting to give her all those maps we bought in the summer...she's wandering the city alone without a map right now. stressed But it's okay, cause everyone there is very, very friendly and they'd be more than happy to give her directions back to the hostel. Worst case scenario, she'd maybe take a cab back. But it's all good. She loves the city...it is fantastic. smile And Thursday, she will be back home again. Finally. Her family will be ecstatic to see her again. Tanya's was, she said it was great to feel everyone's relief and happiness to see her again. я так счастьлива что она дома и всё хорошо. Теперь только Настя нужна быть дома и я буду очень очень счастьлива. smile Лето...было очень прикрасное. Я люблю мои друзия. Они - фантастические.
Hopefully that is all...now I must tend to scratching ferrets.)) And see what's going on in the outside world...i.e. outside my bedroom.
ThaddeusTheThird · Mon Sep 22, 2008 @ 10:24pm · 0 Comments |
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