I guess I shouldn't have eaten that...

August 20, 2006

Hello again! It’s Sunday night and the end of another weekend over here. I had high hopes for the weekend: some quality guesting followed by a dip in the hot springs. Although, the fried lagman (a traditional Kyrgyz dish consisting of long noodles, sheep meat, onions, peppers and whatever else may be laying around in the kitchen) I ate at the café next to my apartment on Thursday night had something else to say about it.
I woke up Friday and cancelled all my plans as I ended up having a weekend long jogging date, between the bedroom and the oh-so-welcoming bathroom. There’s nothing that will make one more ill than having to get sick in a toilet here. Then again, it’s a step up from some of the outhouses or pits here that other Volunteers use in their villages, so I can’t complain too much.
Tomorrow, I tutor a student at 9:00 a.m. at my NGO, then will work on translating the document that serves as the report for the first term of a grant that Sezim has received. After work, I’m headed to American University with a friend to perhaps pick up some clubs. Then, I’m back to the normal evening schedule of a workout and reading. I’m also holding two clubs on Wednesday and Thursday nights a few blocks from my house which I’m hoping bring some good students and conversations.
This weekend along with being ill I also got the time to finish two Grisham books (The Summons and The Broker) and The Purpose Driven Life (it took a few more than 40 days…oops). Now, I’m back to my ‘Your Daily Walk’, as I’m hoping to finish the Bible in the next six-seven months; I’m currently in 1 Kings.
Okay, that’s the update on my somewhat low-key life, these days. I’ll let you all know when something comes up!

Love,
Annie

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
- Proverbs 19:21

P.S. C Belle, we miss you. ‘Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?’