I spent part of today in East Tiraspol screwing in "wide plank pine" aka "half-ass" aka "the way to do carpentry" floors with my friend and part-time employer Petru. Other tasks included running doors up and down the stairs to the circular saw to be cut off at the bottom in order to fit over the floors which were going on top of old linoleum, and answering Petru's questions/guesses about which of my female acquaintances are lesbians (he is avidly dating). He observed, "I don't think armpit hair is an indicator anymore." We were done in 5 hours, including lunch. A short workday, and I feel tired! I can't believe I used to do this kind of work every day.