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Well, it’s that time of year again. The birds singing, flowers blooming, snow melting. Actually, wait. I think I’m getting ahead of myself. All around me, I hear from other volunteers about “freezing pipes,” and “snow so deep,” and “my hot water tank froze!” It’s all lies I say! Blasphemy and lies! As I sit back in my easy chair and stare out frosted windows, it’s nothing but dead trees and dried grass! This mysterious white wonder I hear is all the rage, is nowhere to be found. My site has 3 occurrences of snow since “winter” began. It’s only this last time, that it stuck around for longer than 24 hours.  I’m apparently stuck in this pocket of magic and rainbows, where the sun always shines and gophers fart glitter. A place where, during the summer, trees sweat and concrete softens to near quicksand. I’ve always lived in places where snow comes early and sticks around until mid-June! I want to be able to frolic and build snowmen. I could gather enough snow from my entire village and build a midget sized snow elf! However, I recently recovered from a terrible sinus infection that had me unable to function for the better part of January. Even simple things like oatmeal, yogurt, and tea were challenges to swallow, due to the massive swelling of my lymph nodes. But, I’m finally recovering and able to walk around again.  February holds several holidays both American and Armenian. Today, is St. Sargis day, whereby, young men and women are supposed to eat salty bread before going to bed. They cannot drink water beforehand. During the night, in their dreams, whoever gives them a glass of water, is the person of whom they are to wed. Needless to say, I’ll probably be asked to partake from my host family. Which, I’ll oblige, if only to see whether the legend holds any truth. I’ll keep my trusty sidekick, a bottle of Noy (brand of water), by my bedside. So that come morning, I can wash down my sorrow of having not slept, due to dehydration! That’s all the happenings I have for now. Please feel free to email me with any questions, comments, etc.  

Well, it’s that time of year again. The birds singing, flowers blooming, snow melting. Actually, wait. I think I’m getting ahead of myself. All around me, I hear from other volunteers about “freezing pipes,” and “snow so deep,” and “my hot water tank froze!” It’s all lies I say! Blasphemy and lies! As I sit back in my easy chair and stare out frosted windows, it’s nothing but dead trees and dried grass! This mysterious white wonder I hear is all the rage, is nowhere to be found. My site has 3 occurrences of snow since “winter” began. It’s only this last time, that it stuck around for longer than 24 hours. 

I’m apparently stuck in this pocket of magic and rainbows, where the sun always shines and gophers fart glitter. A place where, during the summer, trees sweat and concrete softens to near quicksand. I’ve always lived in places where snow comes early and sticks around until mid-June! I want to be able to frolic and build snowmen. I could gather enough snow from my entire village and build a midget sized snow elf!

However, I recently recovered from a terrible sinus infection that had me unable to function for the better part of January. Even simple things like oatmeal, yogurt, and tea were challenges to swallow, due to the massive swelling of my lymph nodes. But, I’m finally recovering and able to walk around again. 

February holds several holidays both American and Armenian. Today, is St. Sargis day, whereby, young men and women are supposed to eat salty bread before going to bed. They cannot drink water beforehand. During the night, in their dreams, whoever gives them a glass of water, is the person of whom they are to wed. Needless to say, I’ll probably be asked to partake from my host family. Which, I’ll oblige, if only to see whether the legend holds any truth. I’ll keep my trusty sidekick, a bottle of Noy (brand of water), by my bedside. So that come morning, I can wash down my sorrow of having not slept, due to dehydration!

That’s all the happenings I have for now. Please feel free to email me with any questions, comments, etc.  

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