Not too much has been going on though. I had a great Bday in the city and also at a party in the village. Although, the lack of sleep and partying did get me sick I think. A minor sinus infection maybe. I’m almost 100% better now though. Last year I had a nasty one and didn’t even know what was going on. I’ve never gotten sinus infections in the states.
The weekend before my bday I went snowboarding for the first time in like 6 years. It was totally awesome and the mountain is beautiful. The view is stunning from up there. I was doing well snowboarding by the end of the day, but then a strap broke on my board and I lost out on like 2 more runs which kinda pissed me off. I guess that can be expected renting equipment for $10/day. Oh and I finally learned to play poker (texas hold’em) and won my second game! Fun game…I always used to think it was really complicated but the rules involved are actually really simple.
School is going along fine. There was this huge “commission” that came to our school on Thursday. Like 25 directors from our entire oblast. They were checking out our school since it won some best in the rayon award or something like that. Four of them observed my and my counterparts lesson. It went really well. It’s funny how much work got done preparing for all of them to come. The school was like a zoo before Thursday.
I’m just waiting now until we hear from PC who the new Trainers will be for the K18s that arrive soon. I’m hoping I get picked again but if I don’t, I’m sure I’ll find something good to do over the march/spring break we have.
No news on the post-PC jobs front. Lately I’ve been sort of leaning towards the idea that if a teaching job is the only thing available I will probably just come home. It’s not necessarily that I don’t like teaching; I just want to try something else. But then again, I could change my mind. I still go back and forth about it. I’m hoping that back and forth-ness stops sometime soon.
I’ll be taking it easy this weekend. Hopefully I’ll get a banya and finally get a good bathing in. It has been like 2 or 3 weeks since a banya – showers just can’t get you clean enough when you haven’t bathed for a week or more.
Anyway, hope you’re all doing well and also that the snow stopped. Miss you all.
Lunch at the mountain
Katie snowboarding...you can see the city down the valley and even the lake...too bad it wasn't clear that day.
Party!
Me and my host brother.
A school art project thingy that we had on display for a while. I love the repainted old glass (vodka) bottles. It's so nice to see someone do something productive with the trash you can find here.
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