Dust bunnies of the world, watch out! But first, La Gringa is going to arm herself with a gigantic iced coffee. And after that, she will need to climb up on the rickety wooden ladder to replace nearly every light bulb in the apartment, light bulbs that are well over ten feet off the ground. (La Gringa may have failed to mention that she is somewhat terrified of heights. Thus the procrastination over replacing said light bulbs in the first place. Oy. We pray that the cats won’t eat our rotund self should we – regretfully – fall to our death later this afternoon.)

PS: Can anyone tell me why the bells of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the corner are playing "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", a Christmas song?  I know the two Christian calendars are out of sync a tad bit, but surely…not by eight whole months?

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UPDATE: Light bulbs replaced successfully! And, wow, is this place ever filthy. Hmmm…