School, and then home. I really like the grammar class, and the professor is really nice. Actually, all the professors are really nice. I just like some of the classes more than others. I'm not a big fan of the practical speech class, but I like phonetics.

Tonight, Meg came over with Natasha, the homestay coordinator and gave me an explanation in English about how to use the gas water heater. She had to go around and do this for everybody so that we know, in English, how to not blow ourselves up. Lydia Borisovna had already showed me and made me practice how to do it, so I did fine. Lydia Borisovna was so proud: "and she even knows how to work the stove!" My parents have a gas stove--that shit's not rocket science.

After that, I went out with Lena and her friend Ivan, and we walked around the city for awhile. They looked for a rooftop to sneak up onto and sit, but all the ones that they knew were locked, and all the ones that were open required a ladder. Ivan is tall and gangly, mumbles, and has bad breath, but seems like an okay guy otherwise. We walked around for awhile and then Ivan got bored or something and wandered off. Lena and I walked on and she showed me the oldest railway station in Petersburg and ran into a dude named Philip that she hadn't seen for a couple years. The station is super old and really beautiful, and they've kept all the decor in the art-deco style from the last time it was remodeled. They've also got some really amazing stained glass windows.

Then it was late and I went home and went to bed.