Why has the shortest month of the year felt like it’s gone on for twice as long as it should have? The zippers are breaking on my warm winter boots. It has to be time for spring.
Category Archives: Russia
Pregnant with a “patriarchal oppressor”!
(Officially confirmed by ultrasound. But I knew as much anyway.) If my instincts are correct, this one will be a boy’s boy. A bit of an Alexander the Great (or Alexander of Macedonia, as they call him around here) underneath it all. A combination of his father’s spirit and his mother’s dorkage, I think. OneContinue reading “Pregnant with a “patriarchal oppressor”!”
So it’s only a “real” pregnancy when your belly is huge. Right.
I technically live two metro stops away from work right now (hopefully not for long – for reasons I’d rather not get into at the moment), but since the Park Kultury station serving the brown circle line has been closed for renovation until the end of the year (!!!!!!!!!!), I prefer to take the busContinue reading “So it’s only a “real” pregnancy when your belly is huge. Right.”
Happy wedding picture/ignoring the world sort of post
I realize I should be writing profound posts about the situation in Egypt, or else writing profound posts about all of the crap random “observers” have said to me since Anna was killed at Domodedovo, or protesting some other form of injustice or stupidity, but I just honestly want to ignore the world for now.Continue reading “Happy wedding picture/ignoring the world sort of post”
Remembering the summer
Right now, it seems that summer is something that happens to other people. Still, I have pictures proving otherwise. I wait for this year’s summer with the knowledge that when it comes, I’ll be set to become a parent. I guess that this may seem a little odd, all things considered, though it was lastContinue reading “Remembering the summer”
Natalia A. 