A couple weeks ago our heat was shut off. We were surprised since it was only the middle of March, but fortunately it wasn't too cold. A day and a half later it was turned back on. Apparently Odessa was behind on its payments for heat to Kiev, so they just shut off the heat to the whole city.... 1 million people. I guess that's one way to balance the books!
Our fun times at with language continue.... Gabe said he was born in 1880 and Sarah discovered the verb that means go clean the toilet. Everytime we leave our apartment we are torn between wanting to make friends, and then thinking when someone approaches us, "Please oh please don't talk to me." Gabe also got unanticipated language practice when he was cornered by a drunk outside our building. The man liked Esther and said he always wanted a daughter but he just had 3 sons. He said maybe we stole his daughter from him and kept asking which apartment we lived in. Gabe pretended to not understand him (usually we don't have to pretend) and got away as soon as he had the chance. You never know what you're gonna get!
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