Happy Police Day

Today’s the day when the Russian милиция officially changes its name to полиция (police).  In honor of this name-change, I taught my students a few slang words we Americans use for our police force (the word “popo” got a lot of laughs and so did my pitch for the Russian version of Cops).  A productive day indeed!

Baking and a Weekend Recap

Well now I’m really glad that I didn’t stay up to watch the Oscars.  From the few clips that I watched and all the comments I read on Twitter, the whole show sounded even more boring than usual.  Definitely not something worth losing sleep over.  Besides, I need to conserve my energy, this week is shaping up to be pretty crazy.

Before I get to my future plans though, let me fill you in on what happened over the weekend:  Nothing.  The only thing I managed to accomplish this weekend was baking and rewatching my favorite Sex and the City episodes.  It was pretty amazing.  On Saturday I tried a recipe for apple crisp that I found here. Since apple crisp is absurdly easy to bake, my attempt was pretty successful; it tasted just like apple pie.  An added bonus was that my hands smelled like cinnamon for the rest of the day.

Apple Crisp