Dear Stasi,

Perhaps, but you’ve done a good deal to change my mind about how often you earn it.

I would love appreciate that. I like that I get to hear you say silly things. I feel like you’re letting me in in some small way. Really? Do they have a Russian word for scritches? Either way, I would love to hear you say it.

That’s ridiculous. It should never be that warm anywhere. I don’t know how anyone can survive that. It’s not so weird to miss, it’s what you grew up knowing. It was your home. I think it’s completely natural to miss it. I miss begrudgingly trudging through the snow mounds to get to school sometimes being in NOLA but I would never say that if I lived in NYC all the time. I think you will love my New York as well. Except I don’t think you will like sharing a room with Camilo, he has stinky feet and snores.

Yours,
Sunny