Small Triumphs

Well, I am learning a little more every day here. I'm still not able to do all that much on my own, but I'm picking up some new skills. Here's a list of the things I can say in Russian now:

• hi
• bye
• yes
• no
• and
• very bad
• gift
• can I get this to go?
• hot
• beer
• hungry
• without meat
• without fat
• how much?
• may I?
• give me
• floor (like stories in a building)
• please
• thank you
• you're welcome
• this is my dad
• daughter
• one
• three
• seven
• I want to buy
• real butter
• Mobicard with 200 minutes
• check (the bill at a restaurant)
• half portion
• yesterday
• milk
• black tea
• noodle dish
• bread
• shishkabob

I think that's it for now, but I'm trying to add a couple of words or a sentence every day. I have a map of the city finally and can get around pretty well on foot in the main areas of the city, and I can buy things in markets and at street vendors. Yesterday I finally went to a restaurant by myself and ordered a meal and paid. Granted, it was a pretty easy place to start: I had been there before and already knew what I wanted, but hey, you have to start somewhere, and I have one more thing now that I've done on my own.