Today started out as a pretty crummy day for me. I’m not quite sure why. I woke up tired, but I’ve been tired all week; I even managed to accomplish more of my new daily exercise routine before I left for school. I had been getting too tired to go on during the previous few […]
This summer I’ve been trying to get back into running. A couple months back, I bought a pair of shoes to help motivate myself (not running shoes but Adventure Shoes). It helps that the other volunteers in town also are trying to get into running. We support each other. While I certainly haven’t stayed in […]
This week has been more work for me than the entire month of May. Partially this is because I had classes cancelled left and right all through May due to holidays, exams and random other events. Partially this is because Jacque and I are going all out trying to keep up with our twenty 8th […]
School ended last Friday. Here’s some updates on my life. Next week I will be visiting a friend for the week and helping her with her summer camp at her school. I’ve been telling students and teachers about this for a while. Today I received a text message from a teacher at school telling me […]
I’m not cut out to be a teacher in Ukraine. I was brought up in the American school system. Here, your success is your business. Your friend’s success is your friend’s business. Your grades are your business. Your friend’s grades are your friend’s business. Plain and simple. Don’t ask, don’t tell. It’s a little different […]
Today, I was embarrassed. I live alone in my apartment. My school found the apartment for me. The woman who owns it is either a friend of the vice-principal or a friend of a friend of the vice-principal. She is also living in Moscow while I’m living in her apartment. I don’t know the reason, […]
It’s been a while since I’ve been in high school, so I can’t say for certain that I remember things about it clearly. But here is what I remember: My friends and I were creative. In art class, we were creative. In English class, we were creative. In photography class, we were creative. In band […]
I have this, well, problem. I live in an apartment without a phone line. While some of you who know me, know this might actually be a plus because of my hatred of phones, it actually isn’t good. Without a phone line, I cannot have a DSL hookup in my apartment (or ADSL as I […]
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Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps. This year is also the 20th anniversary of Peace Corps being active in Ukraine. One of my site mates, Jeramie, came up with the idea that we all change our profile pictures on the social networks for the month of March to recognize the event. She asked me to […]