I have decided to write you about myself as I may be interesting for
somebody with all my advantages and disadvantages. I am not going
to say that I am an extremely interesting lady, but I have individuality
and there is no doubt about it.
What can a lady older than the so-called"Balzak age"
tell about herself? One of the advantages is certainly the possibility
to judge yourself from the point of view of the years passed and the
judgment can be reasonable and impartial. My independence is, probably,
my main feature. I am independent in my ideas, opinions, decisions
and actions, but I always pay attention to advise. Though I always
act as I believe necessary and I never feel sorry for the decisions
taken - it has been done and forget it! I take decisions immediately
and usually they turn to be right. I think, I have a good intuition.
I hate injustice and always feel sorry for weak and
helpless people and sometimes I feel that people - my relatives, friends,
and colleagues - make use of me. When they ask me something I can
not refuse and then I often scold myself -"What made you agree?"
I am very optimistic, I do not believe in fate very
much and I agree with some great man who said that people do stupid
things and then call them their fate. By the way, for me stupidity
is one of the most unpleasant vices similar to hypocrisy, dissimulation
and cowardliness.
I am more emotional than reasonable. Two years ago
I picked up a stray kitten in the street, as I felt sorry for the
homeless kid. Now it is a big black cat, the host of the house with
a boorish look. I could get promoted at work, I am clever, have enough
experience and my colleagues respect me, but I do not hold my tongue
and my boss does not promote me because of my saying unpleasant things.
Julia Lambert, the main character of Maugham's novel"Theater" is very close to me. The sense of humor, the ability to
judge people and to understand the circumstances are combined with
being an adventurer. I can forget everything and act crazily, I can
unexpectedly fall in love, I can do something unpredictable and take
an extraordinary decision, which can make my relatives faint. I can
rush to the hospital to visit my uncle alcoholic after the operation,
whom I have not seen for 30 years and bring him broth every day. I
can cry in my bathroom because of unhappy love and in an hour I can
burst laughing while reading"Three men in a boat to say nothing of
the dog". Tears can come into my eyes when I watch some sad film,
and at the same time I seldom give money to beggars as I work hard
to earn it.
I am fond of people who can do something original
and also I like people to be professional in any even not very important
job. I hate dilettantism: if you can not do something irreproachably,
then you would better not do it at all. I can do many things and I
know much, but I am not boasting. I think it is quite natural for
a modern lady to be able to drive a car, to use computer, to cook
nicely, to be well-dressed, to sew and to knit a little, to keep up
any conversation, to do sports, to be charming with people. I do not
think that all these things are"a must", a woman can be just a good
wife and mother, but for me that is not enough. I was married for
18 years and have a son and a daughter, they are 23 and 26 now. But
I still can be deep in some interesting novel or watch"Playboy" on
TV till the first sun rays appear in the sky. And if I have passed
more than two blocks along the street and nobody turned to look at
me (a man, a guy or even a woman - it does not matter), I feel that
I have to pay more attention to myself - to change hairstyle or the
color of my hair, to buy something new, but not to waste the time
on my sofa, eating cakes and dreaming of loosing weight.
Summer is the best season for me when I have to wear
only little clothes, my sunburn skin seems golden, swimming helps
to keep fit and I look and feel 20 and even teenagers in the street
look at me with admiration. In the morning I can come naked to the
balcony when it is very early and there is nobody in the yard, and
I feel joy of this freshness on my body.
I have a cup of coffee and smoke a good cigarette,
have a shower, make up and put on clothes (I prefer everything comfortable)
and high-heeled (!) shoes and go to work. In the evening I have bodybuilding
three times a week (this kind of sport is not for weak people). At
the weekend I go for a swim to the lake or meet my friends.
And something more. I love books - Bulgakov, Hemingway,
Sheldon, and King. Music: Mozart, Rachmaninov and Chopin, and among
modern singers Madonna, Celin Dion, Patricia Kaas, Whitney Houston,
Iglesias and Pavarotti. I love dancing. I am not very fond of poetry,
but I often write funny congratulations to my friends.
I think, my story can be endless, as I know myself
better than anybody else and I could write a novel called"My life".
But instead of writing I would rather meet an interesting, loving
life man, who still needs strong emotions and loves adventures, who
has strong character and well-trained body, who can work well and
have a wonderful rest.
And now some short information about myself: My name
is Tatyana. I am 49 years old - I was born on January 3rd
in 1951. I have two children - my son is 23 and my daughter is 26.
I am 163 cm tall and my weight is 62 kg, I have a slim figure, blue
eyes and fair hair. I have higher education, I am an engineer by profession
and I work at the Committee of Architecture and Construction in Rostov-on-Don.
I can speak German a little and I have started learning English. I
have no physical defects or diseases.
