SMOLENSK

I AM SITTING AT TELEPORT(A COMPUTER CAFE - TYPE PLACE), RIGHT OFF OF SMIRNOVA SQUARE, IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SMOLENSK, RUSSIA. I ARRIVED LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT 12:30 A.M. I FLEW INTO ESTONIA, ATE SOME PELMINI AT ANATOLY'S AND TOOK OFF RIGHT AWAY. THE ROADS WERE AMAZING. IT WAS -19 CELCIOUS AND THERE HAD BEEN A LIGHT SNOW FALLING. IT WAS LIKE POWDER, AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING PRETTY HARD. BECAUSE OF THE WIND, THE POWDERED SNOW WAS BLOWING OVER THE ROAD MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE LINES IN THE ROAD. SO IMAGINE, YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT'S SIMPLY SOLID WHITE. YOU CANNOT TELL WHERE THE ROAD BEGINS AND THE SHOULDER STARTS A GOOD BIT OF THE TIME. ADD TO THAT 18 WHEELERS WITHOUT THE MUDFLAPS ON THE BACK TO KEEP THE SNOW FROM BLOWING UP IN YOU WINDSHIELD!!!! IT WAS AN ADVENTURE!!! I KNOW THAT MY TRAVELING GUARDIAN ANGEL IS GOING TO ABSOLUTELY GET IN MY FACE SOMEDAY FOR THE TRIPS I'VE PUT HIM THROUGH. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.

BUT, I'M HERE!!!! JUST TALKED TO IGOR PETROVICH AND I HEAD OUT TO POCHINOK AS SOON AS I FINISH HERE. I MEET WITH VLADIMER FROM KASPLI LATER TODAY. TOMORROW I GO OUT TO DESNAGORSK AND MAY BE OUT THERE SUNDAY. WE WILL BE DOING CHRISTMAS STUFF ALL NEXT WEEK HERE, BELEIVE IT OR NOT!!! GOTTA LOT TO DO.

TODAY IS GORDON'S BIRTHDAY!!!!! HBTY. HBTY.HBDG. HBTY!!!!
HE'S 16 TODAY!!!!!!!! WHAT A GREAT GUY!!! NOT A BETTER 16 YEAR OLD ON EARTH RIGHT NOW THAN GORN!!!!! SOMEBODY MAKE SURE TO KISS HIM ON THE LIPS AND WISH HIM THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER.

I UNDERSTAND YA'LL ARE LOOKING FOR SNOW THIS WEEKEND. I'M NOT IMPRESSED. PLEASE REFER TO PARAGRAPH ONE. JUST KIDDING, ENJOY.

NO MATTER WHAT ELSE YOU DO TODAY, FIND SOMEBODY TO BE NICE TO.

LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.