Change Is In the Airformerly "Lydia's Latvian Blog."

My cat, Saulite, is usually a very sullen, quiet, boring cat. She sleeps constantly (except when we’re trying to sleep) and usually on the back of the couch. She doesn’t meow, but kinda squeaks. She’s not very energetic, either. Not usually. Occasionally she’ll come out of her litter box and run, like she’s trying to escape something. We have come to learn this is her way of saying, “It’s gonna get stinky, so I’m getting out of here.” Nice.

This evening we were just finishing up putting together our taco salads, and Saulite came out of her box, not running, but more like a bullet out of gun… she was just a flash. And then she came back, every muscle in her body, tense, stared up at us as if to say, “Trust me, get out while you can!!!” and bolted out again. We laughed and laughed. Then went into the living room to eat.

Twenty minutes later I went back into the kitchen…. OH MY WORD! I didn’t know a little cat could make so much stink! That was one of the WORST smells I have ever smelled! No wonder after she ran out of the room, the second time, she went and sat by the open window… “Air, give me air!”

Oh my.

…but come on… I mean, really. I understand that prices go up. I don’t have a problem with that, in general. But sometimes it crosses the line of sanity.

Chris and I were at the grocery store the other day. I like to shop slowly, on occasion, as you never know when something new may have arrived. This was one of those days. As I stood surveying the ice cream freezer I saw something very exciting… Belgian Chocolate flavored Haagen Dazs ice cream! This was a first in Latvia, for me at least. I looked through all the signs on the cooler trying to figure out how much it cost. 4.50Ls for 1/2 liter… ok, that seemed expensive, but I wasn’t sure just how expensive it was. We passed after drooling for a moment and came home. That’s when my math whiz husband did all the conversions and figured out that it cost the equivalent of $72.42 per gallon!!!! THAT is insanity! *sigh*

We bought chocolate chip cookies instead.