Super-Duper Wacky n' Tacky Euro Adventure

for writing a quick entry because it's supposed to be my lunch break but the gargantuan tempest outside seems to be impeding my grave hunger. So I'll just take a little company time to update the ol' blog.

So a lot has definitely happened in the past week and I suppose the biggest is that I can actually take company time from my new internship to write this. As soon as I got in last Monday, I gave a call to my contact in Moore Stephens and an interview was set up for the next day. Turns out they were pretty certain on taking me, but they just needed to sit me down and make sure I wasn't completely off my rocker. Fair play. So I started last Friday and everything seems to be going fairly well so far. The firm is a mainly accounting and auditing firm that delves into stuff like consultancy every once in awhile. I'm working mostly with a very chill guy who's main job is putting together proposals for audits for a variety of Russian firms. Of course, the pay isn't great (in fact it sucks) but it's exactly what I need: a paying internship in the right field.

Moscow is kinda just how I remember it, except that the difference between seasons here is absolutely insane. Spring and summer welcome full trees, loudly playing kids (seemingly always outside the window!), and what is fondly referred to as пух. It's that stuff that grows on the ends of stemmed weeds around Texas that you can pick up and blow off for a wishful delight. It's not quite so delightful here because it is, quite frankly, everywhere. On the streets, in the room in the apartment, in my laptop case, in my hair, and other unmentionable locations. It's kinda like snow that makes one sneeze uncontrollably. Luckily the rain is known to tame this wild beast for a certain period of time.

I hate the world cup. No I don't. But my teams are out and I am in my period of grief right now. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy the rest I suppose.

Rain seems to be calming down. Can't wait for the yummy sandwich that awaits me.