say what?

So for the past couple of weeks my (amazing) mom and sister

have been taking private Russian lessons with me

and let me just tell ya':

I had forgotten how tough it is to learn something completely new.

Yikes!

Hats off to all the students out there.

(No, I'm serious)

My brain is being stretched in ways I had completely forgotten

as I struggle to understand this crazy thing called the Cyrillic Alphabet

and all the wacky and wonderful sounds that make up this language.

As tough as it is,

I'm secretly loving it.  

I love the challenge

and I love the idea that I will be able to communicate with not just my LB

but also the people over there when I go.

Kinda cool.

Our tutor is all kinds of awesome.

His name is Anton

and he's the real deal.

He comes with an accent and everything

(hehehe)

He has an excellent sense of humour

and so so SO much patience for the three of us.

Last night he sent me an email

(please keep in mind that we have had exactly TWO lessons with this man)

Here's what he sent me:

Привет, Кэндис!

Спасибо, что подвезла меня вчера до метро.

Следующий урок можно провести в тот же день и то же время.

ВТОРНИК 19:00

С уважением,

Антон

Um yeah...

He kinda lost me after "Hi Candice!"

(which is the first line for all of my non-Russian speaking friends

which I believe, is all of you, unless someone is keeping secrets from me)

Can I just tell you how painfully slowly I read through the rest of that email?

and that I kinda had to cheat and use google translate 

just to make sure I'd read it right.

But I got it.

Eventually.

You're welcome for the ride to the subway Anton,

and we will indeed see you next Tuesday at 7pm.

Paka!

I've got some serious studying to do before Tuesday.