I know that you know, my grandma, however, didn't.
Or didn't remember - lamentably, she's had a few heart attacks since we last spent time together.
The Russian letters are, also lamentably, problematic for me. If it's a lot (like the above entry) I just type it all out in translit, but if it's only a couple of lines...
At risk of being mis- or not understood, I answer in English. Not because I like it better than Russian - not at all! English has many shortfalls, Russian is decidedly more colorful and expressive, but habit determines entirely too much in my life.
I've yet to develop a habit to type in Russian.. and I've also yet to acquire a Russian keyboard - all of mine are qwerty.
Come to think of it, it's the keyboard complications that cause me to maintain such poor contact with my Russian friends and speak more Dutch than German (Dutch doesn't have any "funny" letters and fewer umlauts).
Gar, I feel rather silly now.
-- Jenya