i have a russian test today, so i cannot write long. i cannot believe how much russian i have learned and it has not even been one month. yipee. i am proud to report i can read and write... (i only have like 5 letters to go before i learn the entire alphabet)... by next week we should be done with our first grade textbook... so i guess we will have a little graduation party for learning the alphabet.

i have a few friends in town right now, coincidentally all named shant so i am happy to have tourists and am planning fun activities. i am happy to have tourists because this is the first storm this year. talk to me again in a few months.

i have not had to study for a test in a while. it is a weird feeling, having a test. i had almost forgotten it. i cannot wait till i am fluent. ya lublu ruski yazik (i love the russian language). wish me luck.

by the way ara jan, congrats on the beauty salon. i promise when i am your tourist this summer i will come in for a complete do-over martuni style.