Greetings, loyal readers! After a long, long reprieve, I have finally decided to return to the blog, which I used to keep up. Comrade Jon is back in Moscow (I've been back for two months now), working with Language LInk again, this time in a different center and living in a completely different part of the city. I will try to write a more complete update later on, detailing some of my more recent adventures and hilarious choir practices, but tonight I just wanted everyone to know that I'm doing just well. A little bummed about working on Thanksgiving Day, but I do have Christmas off, even though I will be staying here for the holidays (what my plans are also still TBD). Anyway. just wanted to wish everyone a blessed Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans around the world! My warmest blessings to all, especially our troops and those who have to work! Cherish the memories with your families and loved ones. I am grateful that I have many families: not just my family and friends at home whom I love and miss terribly, but my St. Andrew's family, who have taken me in and embraced me with open arms; my MIC family, who have given countless hours of hilarious moments and introduced me to some brilliant repertoire, such as Borodin's Prince Igor, Mozart's Ave Verum and Coronation mass, Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine, Rossini's Petite Messe Repertoire as well as some fantastic musical medleys); my Holy Cross family, who have given me the confidence to try my hand at singing (and musical theater!), resulting in a lifelong passion for choral music; my Middlebury friends, from Russkaya Shkola to Startalkovtsy, from the choir to the talent show to having the face of a champion upon submitting the final draft of my MA dissertation, I will never forget the four summers on that blissful, picturesque landscape; my Toronto friends - Carolyn, Paulina, Nadya, and especially Zhanna, my lovely ladies, whom I adore; keep in touch, all of you; my MCA family, from Shining Start to my first ever classes of students - thank you for helping me transition from college into adulthood and helping me find my footing as a novice teacher; my BLI class of September 2008, for our many long days but fun evenings and reunions together - may we have many more wonderful moments together in the future!; my Language Link family - colleagues past and present, awesome roommates past and present, administrators past and present, and last but most certainly not least all the contacts, unexpected meetings, and wonderful friends I have made in this wild and crazy journey called life. May I never ever falter in expressing my deepest gratitude to each and every person who has touched my life directly, indirectly, greatly, or just given me the smallest form of encouragement. I love you all. May God bless you and keep you warm, well-fed and inspire whichever football team you may be rooting for to play a good game. Happy Turkey Day, everyone! Love, Jon
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans around the world! My warmest blessings to all, especially our troops and those who have to work! Cherish the memories with your families and loved ones. I am grateful that I have many families: not just my family and friends at home whom I love and miss terribly, but my St. Andrew's family, who have taken me in and embraced me with open arms; my MIC family, who have given countless hours of hilarious moments and introduced me to some brilliant repertoire, such as Borodin's Prince Igor, Mozart's Ave Verum and Coronation mass, Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine, Rossini's Petite Messe Repertoire as well as some fantastic musical medleys); my Holy Cross family, who have given me the confidence to try my hand at singing (and musical theater!), resulting in a lifelong passion for choral music; my Middlebury friends, from Russkaya Shkola to Startalkovtsy, from the choir to the talent show to having the face of a champion upon submitting the final draft of my MA dissertation, I will never forget the four summers on that blissful, picturesque landscape; my Toronto friends - Carolyn, Paulina, Nadya, and especially Zhanna, my lovely ladies, whom I adore; keep in touch, all of you; my MCA family, from Shining Start to my first ever classes of students - thank you for helping me transition from college into adulthood and helping me find my footing as a novice teacher; my BLI class of September 2008, for our many long days but fun evenings and reunions together - may we have many more wonderful moments together in the future!; my Language Link family - colleagues past and present, awesome roommates past and present, administrators past and present, and last but most certainly not least all the contacts, unexpected meetings, and wonderful friends I have made in this wild and crazy journey called life. May I never ever falter in expressing my deepest gratitude to each and every person who has touched my life directly, indirectly, greatly, or just given me the smallest form of encouragement. I love you all. May God bless you and keep you warm, well-fed and inspire whichever football team you may be rooting for to play a good game. Happy Turkey Day, everyone! Love, Jon
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