Journal entry 24 January, 2007 "I'm 25 and I have two wrinkles. That depresses me. AnywayMy walk to school takes 35 minutes at a rather swift pace. By the time I get to school I am sweating with all the layers I have on. By the time Iget home, I am rather excited and pooped (literally and figuratively- there are no bathrooms at school yet. Gotta love that!) Once I see the blue fence (that

Journal entry 24 January, 2007 "I'm 25 and I have two wrinkles. That depresses me. AnywayMy walk to school takes 35 minutes at a rather swift pace. By the time I get to school I am sweating with all the layers I have on. By the time Iget home, I am rather excited and pooped (literally and figuratively- there are no bathrooms at school yet. Gotta love that!) Once I see the blue fence (that

She stands low to the fertile soil of this country with thick ankles and her high, rubber boots keeping her firmly planted. She loves to layer. People here would say she dresses like a cabbage, because under the boots is another pair of shoes, and from what I can tell, 2-3 layers of wool stockings.You will never see her in pants, but rather a knee-length skirt that only reveals her trunks of

I've arrived. I am safely situated in a little village northwest of Kiev three hours. It's a really small village with 2800 peeps. Half of the people are babusyas (g-mas) and half the village are random poultry. It's quite and really there's nothing to do. There's a bar, but because I can't communicate, it's not safe to go. There are a few stores, a school (where I work), a sugar factory,

As I sit here attempting to load every possible song on to my iPod that I might want to listen to in the next 27 months, I find myself confronted with a lot of unknown. I have no idea what I'll want to listen to when I am feeling totally overwhelmed with learning Ukranian, frustrated with fellow teachers, or sad because I miss my family and friends. All I can do is totally prepare the ultimate