MoldovAnn

We went jogging last night on the track near our apartment. The goals? (A) keep me from falling asleep on the couch at 6pm; (B) wear me out so I would sleep through the night; and (C) start to tackle the extra “luggage” we brought back with us from the US.

Definite success with goal #1: I was up until the whoppingly late hour of 9:00 pm. Slept until 4:30 am, which is progress but I still wouldn’t call it total success. Goal C will take a lot more than one evening’s jog to accomplish, but we started on it at least.

Considering the primary aerobic activity of my month in the US was driving from one eating establishment to another, and my weight training involved the serious exercises of lifting a full fork or glass to my mouth, I was darn impressed that I pulled off 5 running laps and 1 walking lap at the track. We don’t know the distance- Igor guessed 300-350 meters, I guessed 250 (but I have absolutely no metric sense, so he’s probably closer), I may have run anywhere from 1.25 kilometers to 1.75. Whatever the distance, it’s both pathetic (for a person who used to easily run 5K) and impressive (for the person I am now).

And today I’ve managed to stay up until 11:00. Would it be too much to hope I could sleep until 6 am?

It’s been beautiful in Kyiv, warm and sunny, just the way summer ought to be. And the long, long days are in full stride – it was sunny when I woke up at 4:30 this morning, and there was still a bit of sunlight at 10:00 pm. Gosh, I just love it!

We are missing Pepette immensely. The apartment just doesn’t feel right without her. She was with me almost all of the time I’ve lived in Ukraine. And it just feels nice to have a pet in the house. Igor is warming to the idea of getting a new pet, although he’s not completely ready. That’s OK, I’m not completely ready either. But I know it will be good when do get a new cat.