Russia: Aggressively flushing toilets, lack of eateries and eating in general, and CLEAN STREETS!!

So I graduated from the whole college-thing.

Happy 21st to my friend (pictured)-- she's going to get carded until she's 455.

Andddd I have been in Russia for the past week. Moscow, Yaroslavl, Goritzy... (St. Petersburg in a few days).

Saw dead Lenin. There was about 50 guards protecting the dead Lenin. My sister was yelled at for having her hands in her pockets, and my mother was yelled at for not passing by dead Lenin at at a brisk enough pace. INTENSITY.

TO THE POINT: You don't find litter in Russia-- maybe there is some severe (death or WORSE) penalty for litterers. Even the metro stations are immaculate, it's pretty crazy.

Also, I'm convinced that teenage to 30 y.o. Russian women don't eat. In their honor, I have upped my intake 3-fold.

And also, this is traditionally what happens to spiders I encounter...




Poor excuse for an update, I'm lazy, the end.

Getting my priorities crooked

I use a Pur faucet filter to fill up my Brita filter.  I filter the water I put in my humidifier-- which is filtered again before its release to the air.  

I spent an intense amount of time cleaning the vents of my radiators (with Q-tips) instead of studying for my (extremely challenging) business law exam.

I have discovered and tested a fruit that effectively repels spiders and other creepy-crawling-critters.  The fruit also happens to match the decor of my apartment.  Curious?

A tale for another time.