Hello all you people who I am assuming are warmer than I am. I just wanted to let all of …Continue reading »
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So for those of you who don’t know Eastern Europe has been hit with a terrible cold snap. It has …Continue reading »
Last monday was Chinese New Year, and one of your jobs as a Peace Corps Volunteer is cultural exchange. That …Continue reading »
I just wanted to write a post marking this tremendous occasion where I Miss S have a Snow Day. My first working …Continue reading »
Honestly that is the way I feel sometimes when I look out my window. I feel as though I live …Continue reading »
As midnight hit in Istanbul I was in cloud ten. I couldn’t believe that I was where I was. Staring …Continue reading »
Now we are only on the 30th and 31st of December of my Christmas Vacation. I know what you are …Continue reading »
As we continue the adventures of two Peace Corps Volunteers we are now on our way to Turkey. Before I …Continue reading »
Hello blog readers. Now on to the continuing saga of my Christmas Vacation. Last we left it was the end …Continue reading »
Well hello all. I am back in Bulgaria nursing a new set of health problems, but all in all I …Continue reading »
Весела Коледа и Щастлива Нова Година, or in English Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am on Vacation right now …Continue reading »
Rather than inundate you all with 100 and 1 different posts about being sick and feeling ill and just feeling …Continue reading »
I guess this is going to be one of those personal emotional rant type blog posts, but I just don’t …Continue reading »
I was given some photos from Halloween that I would like to share with you all. It is strange to …Continue reading »
Hello my blog readers. I know that I haven’t kept up with this blog very well lately, mostly because I …Continue reading »
And no it’s not the new Footloose movie, I’m talking the most dangerous substance known to man that makes even Bulgarian baba’s …Continue reading »
I love autumn. I’m sorry I haven’t been writing much but things here have been crazy busy with schedule changes …Continue reading »
I had to name this post after this song, Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera, ”Moves Like Jagger,” has been going through my …Continue reading »
Who remembers the fist day of school? I’m not talking about kindergarten, let’s go with 10th grade. What happened? Well …Continue reading »
It’s Sunday September 11, 2011 and I am sitting in a semi comfortable chair in Bulgaria feeling a wicked cold …Continue reading »
Yeah I know, I am normally better at keeping up with my blog, but I have been extremely busy the …Continue reading »
It’s early August and I am sitting on my balcony writing the blog post wearing a sweatshirt. Don’t get me …Continue reading »
So here I am in my big green comfy chair durring my second summer in bulgaria. Now how do I …Continue reading »
I know, I can’t believe it either. I have made it past the one year mark here on my Peace …Continue reading »
Dear Jackie, Now as you are writing this you are sitting in your kitchen in Bulgaria making yourself a cup …Continue reading »
Well I’ve been traveling for the last two weeks. I’ve been tired, but things have been great. The last thing …Continue reading »
For those of you who have been wondering why I haven’t been updating the blog lately, it’s because I have …Continue reading »
Hello blog readers. Today is my first official day of summer vacation, and I had to go to work. Eh such is life. The last week of school in Bulgaria I find very interesting, because nobody attends. Seriously my last … Continue reading →
It’s the last week of school in Bulgaria, and the only people who worry about this are teachers. Why? Because we are done grading, we gave our final exams and honestly, we’re done. But school doesn’t finish in Bulgaria for … Continue reading →
Hello All. So I went on my first teacher’s trip with my school last weekend and we wend to a lovely beach resort town called Albena. Albena is about 35 km from Varna, the largest of the beach cities in … Continue reading →
Off to Albena with the teachers from my school. A little fun in the sun is defiantly what I need.
Bulgaria is a country that is both ancient and modern. You will find Roman ruins and Soviet style buildings and architecture everywhere. This post is going to describe the dynamic city of Sofia, Bulgaria. Sofia is the capital city of … Continue reading →
This isn’t some sort of self deprecating post, when in reality I have spent the last 2 weeks being really down on myself for no reason at all. As my first school year comes to a close and I ask … Continue reading →
On friday the new group of volunteers swore in as official volunteers. The B27s they are called. Sometimes I feel like there are all these hopes put on us, and then we have to figure out what our superpowers actually … Continue reading →
Frustrations are bound to arise as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I am nearing the end of my first year and I have so many frustrations that if I listed them all this would be more of a bitching session than … Continue reading →
So it’s beautiful and sunny out today. I think that we can officially say that it’s summer!!!!! So what is there for me to do. Well for starters baseball practice will be starting soon, although there is still an issue … Continue reading →
So this is the link to the awesome Peace Corps Bulgaria Spelling Bee. This is from the national. I was a judge for one of the regional competitions. http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1789
This was my first repeat month in Bulgaria. Now what do I mean by repeat month. I mean this is the first month that I have spent time in Bulgaria twice. I arrived in Bulgaria May 12,2010. Over a year I … Continue reading →
I don’t know if I am the only volunteer asking this question or not. Where will my home be when I return. In two years so much can change, there are babies and marriages and new jobs and the thing … Continue reading →
It’s the end of the school year in Bulgaria, sort of. The moth of May is crazy because there is a tired dismissal for all the students. 12th grade finished on the 12th of May while the rest of my … Continue reading →
So how am I doing? I get this question with the sympathetic head tilt. Although I normally can’t see the head tilt, I can feel it over the phone. This of corse is due to the fact that I am … Continue reading →
So let me see, the last time I talked to all of you blog readers I was getting back from Germany and trying to settle into my life in a long distance relationship. Well within that time I judged a … Continue reading →
I have come to realize how much life is a series of markers that show the passage of time. Yesterday was my parents anniversary. In Peace Corps those markers also mark the passage of your service. When you join the … Continue reading →
So in any of you know me at all you all know that in high school I got a nick name that stuck. In 9th grade health the teacher said say your name and where you were born. So I … Continue reading →
Just for all of you regular readers can see some photos from my Germany trip
Yes I am back from Germany safe and sound and processing, so I will post about my trip a little later. I just finished my Volunteer Report Form. Basically twice a year Peace Corps Washington wants to know what all … Continue reading →
I know that I am on vacation right now and I really shouldn’t be worrying about this but heck I am. So Ira and I are in Germany. We spent one night and a day in Heidelberg, the city of … Continue reading →
So the B-27 group of volunteers will be arriving on the 30th and it is an interesting feeling. It’s a feeling of shure terror and excitement. This new group means that I am now a part of the older experienced … Continue reading →
Honestly I am not the sort of person to just live my life. I am a planner. I thought when I was 18 that I would go to college, get married at 23 have my two kids and my career … Continue reading →
Where should Ira and I go in Germany? We will be spending 2 days in Heidelberg, one day in Berlin and 2 days in Frankfurt. Comments will be helpful here
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