An interesting first four months in Moscow

Arrived here and touched down, in late August and its now December 2009. Our boy is now one years old. Born in Slovakia, first birthday in Russia and he has just turned one in his short well traveled life. How time shoots by in life. You blink your eyes and before you know it, its all over. Enjoy it while you can, especially if you have children. So far, since arriving here, I/we have fought to find a flat, waited to have our car papers found that were lost but AGS a moving company that I shall never use again, attended all women baby groups, been propositioned by a girl on the Metro, stayed at home bored to tears, struggled to get a hair cut and worked as a teacher.

I have also seen the wealth here at first hand and taught at an Oligarchs house. This was the strangest experience I have had teaching. The seven year old boy, who longed to be a seven year old boy, was the youngest person I have taught, if you can call it teaching, I felt more like a wind up toy, sent to amuse a precocious child. Christmas will soon be here and its a bit cold here now, with snow and ice on the streets, Americans have just celebrated "Thanks Giving", a nice idea, if only I knew what it was? If it's to be thankful for what we have, then I say yes, we all should be, in one way or another- but still wish for more, but if it's turned into a commercial activity, then its a pity. What will the next months bring? only time will tell.

Lets hope for luck, wealth, peace, political common sense and good fortune for all.