How come – I lead nocturnal life
Being an early riser ever…
No matter how much I endeavor
To fall asleep before midnight –
I fail... ‘Cause every midget effort 
Is followed by my body’s strength.
And I just meekly hold my breath
Succumbing to my sleeping method –
Repeating something like Praise be
To God for my Life Melody…

And New Day comes. Again foolhardy
I start perceiving Life’s delight
And nimbly like a certain sprite
I hover on, robust and hardy.

Regardless my indifference towards politics I still AM a passionate patriot. Yes, I am totally aware that Russia lacks lots of things making people’s life easy and stable, that through decades of uncertainty we have choked outright majority of our values. But despite all this I just adore our country! There is a certain invisible but distinctly felt (at least by me) inner pillar in Russia, in its people. There is something crucial for me here that gives me momentum to go forward, to strive for more.

 
And I should add that it is Moscow that holds the exceptional position in my “world view”. It’s a city that constantly fuels me with energy and shares its torrential power with me. Moscow has sprawled its areas so wide that no matter how long you’ve been living here – new urban places don’t seem to stop ensnarling you; and you always have to pore over a map while walking or searching for something. And this variety of lifestyles, these action packed days and nights, these crowds of absolutely different people!.. I love all this so desperately!
 

I’m loath to live in any other country but Russia. Being a guest – yes, I’m always eager to visit different parts of the world investigating ins and outs of it. But here – rooted I am, bright and breezy. :))

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Indeed, I fail to understand whether it is pure boldness or just invigilance that is inherent for Russians – to make our cloaks when it begins to rain. And the most overwhelming fact is that no matter how short of time such a brash person is – his or her matter gets by in the majority of cases!

Today’s example: our Art Director has blundered away suitable time for issuing her new international passport, and now she has to stump up for urgent visa procurement, as she already wields plane tickets for September 2. :) The responsibility for providing her visa devolves on me, so I’ve been pushing her (our Art Director) since last Monday – but she’s ingenious in coming up with specious pretexts of every stripe! This feature seems to be worth adopting, doesn’t it? :)           

But as there can be flies in the ointment, as there always is blessing in disguise! Due to this story I had an opportunity to leave the office during my working hours! :))) About 1 pm I went to Tulskaya metro station. All the business matters (meeting a person that deals with visas and embassies) were smoothly solved – and I had ample time left for just walking and soaking myself in beauty of that place! Tulskaya used to be my stamping ground just a couple of years ago. And today I was enjoying my walk, taking pictures, smiling and humming songs… Mmmmmm!.. :) And such a chance is going to come my way on Thursday – as I’ll have to take the issued visa. So, I sing hosanna to such scatterbrained people like our Art Director! :)  

Well, I’ve decided.

Decided to emphasize a benchmark of MY NEW LIFE by starting this blog. Currently I have just a slight idea of what exactly I will capture in here. Seems to me it will be my customary delights of life perceiving. And – who knows – maybe this blog will seize me more than the Russian one, in irinakoretskaya.livejournal.com. If it befalls – so much the better! :)

After such a generous amount of draining days of my depression when I daily had to buoy myself up by some hyped-up persuasions that everything is OK – now it’s SO SUPER to groove on feeling the REAL ME!! That very ME – who’s permanently happy from somewhere inside… That very ME – who by no means needs any stimulants except those ones which have perpetually been living in my soul. That very ME – who is blown away by magnificence of life.

So, let my first entry be over by these words. As I’m too sleepy now to say something easily defined. :)

Have a good night, REAL ME! :)