Another quick update with some interesting thoughts.

First, because I thought it was neat, and because I'm pretty sure my dad will think so, here are some words I did some digging for becuase I've been curious:
in Russian, there are two words that mean "cat," and they are koshka and kot. Koshka is feminine, while kot refers only to a male cat. This led to the actual interesting part, in which I learned that the same is true for dogs. Sabaka is dog, but it refers to females, while "pyos" is for males. There's the connection between Polish and Russian, since "piec" (pronounced pyets) is the Polish word for dog.

The next word is kon', which means horse, but not in the common sense. I'm not really sure how to explain the difference, but I think kon' is not just any horse, but rather more "regal," or important, in some way. If someone knows, I'd be grateful to find out exactly. Anyway, it's the same word as the Polish for horse, kon'.

Finally, the word for perch in Polish is okon', while in Russian it is okun' (pronounced okoon'). So those are my neat little language connections for now.

It's finally colder here--today it's almost -20 degrees out (Celcius). Not quite like it's been at home though, or so I hear.

That's all for now.