Ken I hope you are feeling better now. You have done fantastically well to get sober and drug free don't forget that
Ruby sorry to hear you're not getting much help. I don't think anyone with young children ever won a tidy house competition so don't feel too down.
I can vouch for LB's observation about Russian stores - I went Interailing in the early 1980's and spent a week in Moscow and Leningrad (as it was then). We needed coupons for stuff and there were seperate(long) queues for paying and collecting. It's no wonder they drink so much vodka.
I have done my packing. Fairly early start tomorrow.