Reading Russian

Kathy and I got together again today to work on our paperwork and expense reports from our trip to Russia.  We have to turn in the expense report and summary of our project by the end of Sept.  Thought we'd get a jump on it (ie. our mtg last week), and today we had to redo what we had already done because this kid didn't read the directions carefully.  Oops.....
Needless to say that means I've been able to stare at paperwork and reciepts in Russian allllll over again! The bonus is I'm actually reading words in Russian...not sure of the pronuciation of some of them, but recgonizing words none the less.  For example, I can read water, salad, chicken, total, change, various restaurant's names, soda, etc.... Who knew it would all click after I was home?! It's actually making me miss Russia, well St. Petersburg. I keep picturing the buildings and streets in my head, and I'm replaying everything (partially because we are going through the days' receipts) and loving it.
I can't wait to write our summary and to tell so many others how infulential our trip was on us.  I can't wait to teach my kids about everything I learned.  I can't wait to show my kids and coworkers pictures and materials from our trip.  And I can't wait to someday take a trip back there with my husband.  He would love it! We will have to rearrange our list-o-trips for sure. Hopefully by then I'll still remember how to "read" Russian.