Dear Yulia,

I too enjoy our correspondence through Email. I also still write letters occasionally. There is something timeless about a physical letter that I really enjoy. Of course, these days, Email is a lot faster and more convienent, so it’s the next best thing I guess. Someday I would like to send you an actual written letter though. I am not sure if you could read my handwriting, however haha.

Yesterday (Sunday) I didn’t do much. I woke up, wrote to you, then worked on the computer for a while. My brother cooked braised pork for dinner and it was very good. In the evening, I read, and then thought of you as I fell asleep. The time changed here due to the end of Daylight Savings. Now you are 11 hours ahead of me I think! Today (Monday), I do not have many plans. I will finish this letter to you, and then I think I will work on making a new music mix, and learn some more about music software. I’m sorry your Monday was boring, with few clients. That doesn’t sound very interesting. If I was closer to Izhevsk, I would come and keep you company on boring days :). I’m glad you enjoyed the photos of me in a suit. Thanks for the compliment. I was looking more carefully at the photo you sent me yesterday, and I noticed that the shirt you are wearing has little aliens on it - very cool! I like that a lot :)

I think it is very sweet how you are planning to surprise your father with Apple Charlotte. I have to admit that I did not know what Apple Charlotte was. I had to look it up on Google. It looks very delicious!

I spend my days now reading, walking, riding my bike, or working on music on the computer. I used to have a full-time programming job, but I left it in September when I moved. I was honestly very tired and burnt out on writing computer code. I want to do something different with my life - something I enjoy more. So right now, I am just spending my time trying to figure out how to make an income doing something else rather than coding. I do not like coding any more. It is very miserable for me. When I was younger, I enjoyed it more, but it does not give me any satisfaction any more. Luckily, I have money saved up so I do not have to work for at least a year, and I have time to figure out a new career. So, that is why I am not currently working right now. I’m basically taking a long break from work. If I have to go back to progarmming in order to survive financially, I guess I can, but this does not excite me. I wish I could do something else that is more rewarding. This is why I respect you a lot, for doing a job that you enjoy and find rewarding, one where you get to help other people and make them happy by making them look beautiful.

I do not know what my plans are for June - I do not have any yet. I do not even know what my plans are for tomorrow haha :p. I want to travel more next year, and I hope COVID goes away soon. Right now, it is very difficult for Americans to travel, due to COVID. Europe has closed their borders to us. Hopefully this will be over by June though. Where would you like to go? Do you have a country in mind that you would like to visit, if it is possible? I would like to visit many countries, as well as Russia. I would be very happy to meet you in person. I enjoy communicating through Email, but it is different in real life. Hopefully we will get along in real life too if we ever meet :).

Thinking of you,

Ryli