Emma Is Still in Ukraine*, and the Dolphins Are Exactly As Far Away From Her As They Should Be

I may be watching the sun set on Lake Michigan from a house on the bluff, but I'm also oh-so-jealous of these villas by the sea:

Emma:  meow

me:  hi

how are you?

Emma:  I spent a day and a half in a seaside dacha

me:  ooooh

Emma:  it was great

but also very headachey

me:  the people weren't creeps?

Emma:  oh no

they were goofs

a lot of them were my students though

and there was a lot of vodka and chicken marinated in mayonnaise

I think I have accepted the mayonnaise

me:  ha

Emma:  I got my own little room at the top of the house and when I woke up I could see a line of sea

and there was a porch and it was all like dilapidated white stucco

me:  oh my god

Emma:  and I went swimming and there were swans and dolphins exactly as far away from me as they should have been

me:  DOLPHINS

Emma:  YES

me:  that's amazing

Emma:  and the water was cool and green

and rosebushes and beautiful green lizards

me:  eeeeee

Emma:  soon we're going to the dacha of one of my favorite students I guess

I'm so excited

he's so weird and fun

me:  is it seaside too?

Emma:  I think so

I just want to live in dilapidated villas by the sea

I hate my washer it always sounds like it is full of forks

*Okay, so she's on the Baltic right now, but until last week, she was in Ukraine.

(All photos stolen from Emma's Instagram, @marjoriestrees.)