In preparation for the week in Russia in the fall, I have been using the Mango study program available for tablet through the public library. There have been lots of things I don't need. - they seem to think one will subsist on vodka and caviar (an exaggeration - there are a few other items). I am not planning to buy anything bigger than a postcard; definitely not fur. I suppose I might break down and get something more. The last time I was there, I bought a poster of the periodic table in Russian for a chemist friend. Not planned, and inconvenient to carry, but he liked it. The lessons on health problems seem potentially useful, although I hope not. I've used one of them above, though. It means "I have a toothache" (literally "By me hurts tooth.")
Based entirely on x-ray evidence of decay near the root (no pain, totally functional), tooth #18 has had its old amalgam removed, a root canal, an extension, and the accompanying temporary crown. The second I got out of the chair almost three weeks ago, I said to the hygienist "it's not right." She said I was still numb, and should see how I felt later. Later I re-read the disclaimer pages and decided that maybe the tooth was loose. In the meantime, I have only been in Massachusetts for four or five business days. They don't work on weekends. Instead of feeling better, it is worse physically (Я чувствую себя хуже) and I sometimes lie awake in discomfort and self-loathing, because I didn't trust my initial perception. I will go tomorrow without an appointment and wait until they have time to do *something.*
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