Ok, so the latest from life. I'm still in Nosivka, though today I'm in Kiev visiting the peace corps office and then heading off with my cluster to see the rest of the city, or at least whatever we can see in a couple hours. Mostly, I'm excited to have a weekend off. we had a VERY long week. I taught two classes and tried my best to keep it together with fifth graders who were generally rambunxious and rowdy. I'm happy to have had the time with them, and I really do love the school I'm at. I'm going to try and take some pictures and such. i always promise these things but never seem to get them on a jump drive to transfer them onto anything, but I'm really going to try. It's hard to encapsulate my days into any kind of cohesive thought. But I'm happy to have close friends to laugh with and a family who is kind enough to let me live with them. I worked all week either learning Ukrainian or lesson planning (type a personality comeback) and we welcomed a new volunteer to our cluster who was supposed to go to Turkmenistan, but the assignment was cancelled. I am experimenting every day with using more and more ukrainian with my family and hope that by the end of this training I may be able to extract some valuable information about their lives and not just how to make crepes. . . we're working on this.
ok, love and stuff to all. I know this is a throw away type of post, but it's one to say I'm doing fine. Busy, but good. I am excited for the time when I can share more.
this is my winter song
13 years ago
Crepes are delicious. If the only skill you develop while over there is crepe-making, I will still be a happy camper.
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Sneha
I was looking at pictures of Ukraine online and was surprised to see so many sunny photos. I think post-soviet America has led us to believe that Lenin cast a permanent case of the doldrums on eastern Europe. Not so true. I found the creepy wave DVD in my room the other day. It made me miss you.
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