- Monday, July 6, 2009

hello hello!

girls, i am so happy i remembered to check here for updates about you wonderful women! i miss you all terribly and when i get lonely over here i just go to my computer and watch the hilarious videos that are saved there. ahem... thanks in large part to you ms. REE. i am sitting here and realizing that i have not been very good at all about updates and such. mostly that is due to bad internet connections and so forth but its also due to my forgetfulness and my inability to sum things up in a few short paragraphs.

anyways, i am in the a country now and have been for about 3 weeks. we just took a small 4 day holiday up to the mountains literally 15 km away from russia! we stayed in someones house in both of the villages we visited. it always seems like a big deal wherever we go because there are 4 kids along with the 2 parents and me so staying at someones house that theyve sorta shifted into a hotelesque thing is quite a maneuver. i promise to tell you all about the wonderful grandeur of it all in person complete with a few photos but i will just give you some advice for now.....

do not get your period in Seki.

they do not have toilets, they have holes in the ground that flush.
toilet paper, also does not exist--but there is a watering can next to the hole that is supposed to serve the same purpose.
also, tampons are extremely hard to come by and when you have 4 kids that you are carting around, going to more than one market is more than just a bit of a hassle
just in case you are ever in this situation, they only sell tampons at the pharmacy, which looks like a bread shop, or a hardware store.
tampons---no applicators, no toilet paper....hole in the ground, i'll leave the rest to your imagination, especially what happens when the water doesn't feel like pumping out of the faucet when you finally figure all the rest out you have to walk a little ways to find a spring that you can use to wash your hands and your thoughts of what happened away.

sorry that was graphic but i thought you ladies would appreciate some comedy of cultural clashing proportions!


i love you all very much and i will try to post soon! i hope that all of the job searching and money making is going well, i'm not looking forward to joining the rush but alas i know i will not be alone! i can't WAIT to see you all---

love love love
me

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