The November Blues

The newest additions to the cupboard (tea & chocolate)....

I've been down in the dumps lately. The clock is ticking down on my visa and I don't have a solution yet.
And my new haircut has taken on a life of its own....a mullet-y life of its own, and that is not good. Not good at all.

Hmmm....what can I add to make this entry a little more cheerful?

The only positive thing that happened recently was my teaching evaluation. Got a 9.5 out of 10. Good enough for me. And our weekly Scrabble games have begun again. That's always pleasant and we have a good mix of Ukrainians and foreigners, ie there are more Ukrainians : )

Oh, and an awesome night at the sauna with Timur and his wife. This was after Timur spent his entire day repairing our kitchen sink after its catastrophic failure to keep the water where it should be....that is, not flooding the kitchen floor.

 Timur and D had to make 2 trips to the market to buy supplies, and then Timur spent about 5 hours halfway under the kitchen counter with his tools. That same night he had made reservations for us to go to a sauna at étoile спортивный комплекс. We had a blast there. I was expecting a slightly-sketchy communal sauna with a bunch of old people sitting around, but instead we had a private area to ourselves: a sauna, a small swimming pool with cold water, a dining area, private bathrooms, a pool table, a changing area with lockers, even a bedroom, haha! I asked what that was for: "for relaxation". Anyways, I didn't bring my camera as I was expecting it to be a public experience...

...but we did snap this picture on a cell phone.