Chet Gets Bad News

Citizen Chet here folks and you could say "borscht on my face"! Citizeness Roommate had just dropped a major bomb on me. Apparently in about a week she's dumping me at Camp Kennel Siberia and flying off to Russia for about 15 days. I'll tell you, have nobody but myself for getting caught unawares with this news. If I'd just looked up from my perch under the library stack and read some of the book titles--Russka, Dreams of My Russian Summers, Anna Karenina, Nicholas and Alexandria, Persian Boy--let alone that Russian phrase book and travel guidebooks for St. Petersburg and Moscow that's been taking up my spot on the sofa. . .

And the hints continue--this is our current screensaver and I see it every time I sit down to blog with you. And then there's this map that Citizen Roommate keeps studying and muttering about four days in St. Petersburg then cruising these Russian lakes and rivers before ending up in Moscow.

Meanwhile I have one lousy week to work on MY packing list for Camp Kennel Siberia in addition to trips to the vet for more shots so I won't be doga non grata at the kennel.  I doubt that I'll be able to send you any blog updates from this place.  We looked at my "room" on line here and it's pretty sorry--just six feet of floor and concrete walls.  Not a sign of internet cafe.  For sure I'll fill you in when we get home though. 

That's assuming we get home!  I've told the Roommate that I don't want to see her on the streets in Moscow protesting those punk rock girls being sent to prison for two years (we won't mention the band name since the Roommate doesn't like risque language on our blog).  Lest she end up in jail too.  Now I just have to hope my new neighbors at Camp Siberia will be fun or it's going to be a long two weeks. 

Chet reporting 8-26-12 (Wish the news were better folks).