My birthday was a week ago and okay, maybe that title is a bit melodramatic. The only tears shed last week had to with my beloved Lions royally sucking. After a silence-filled day at school, I admit I was feeling pretty miserable. But my counterpart brightened things a bit when she showed up unexpectedly with her 3 year old son and a birthday cake. We had a good chat while gorging on delicious cake.
I refuse to believe that I'm slowly arriving at the age at which birthdays start to suck. So next year get ready. Wherever I happen to be, there will be a bash.
One good thing that actually came out of my birthday was listening to Christmas music! It's my own personal tradition that all things Christmas are allowed with the arrival of my birthday each year. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that the first snow usually happens right around my birthday. Still no snow here! We had a brief overnight snow shower in October, but nothing since...I'm still not convinced of this miserable winter that's supposed to happen here in the heart of the Carpathians. Last year, I avoided all things Christmas until a few days before the 25th. That means music AND movies. So this year, I was extra anxious for that little bit of Christmas cheer. Hopefully I don't wear myself out before Christmas gets here! Check out my next blog post to see just how anxious I am for December to hit :)
Another good thing about my birthday was the arrival of my Kindle a week earlier. I've had my eye on one of these guys since I landed in Romania and my steady stream of books abruptly ended. With Amazon releasing their new super cheap version, I just couldn't resist. It has changed my life. I'm not saying I'm giving up books forever...there is just something about the feel of a good book in your hand, but it sure has brightened the rest of my days in Romania (228, but who's counting?). It feels so great to be back to my normal self. Since the arrival of my Kindle, I have gotten through Jane Eyre (how it took me 24 years to finally read, I don't know), the Hunger Games Trilogy (they will definitely be re-read very soon), the Girl Who Played with Fire (love the series), and a few other bestsellers. Oh yeah, I'm back. If you have any good book suggestions, send them my way! I leave you with a picture of me and my new best friend...which also doubles as a way to show my mother that I actually wear my hair down all of the time here, instead of in a pony tail.
Oh, and a picture of some of the teachers and myself during our Halloween party...and my counterpart's son.
I refuse to believe that I'm slowly arriving at the age at which birthdays start to suck. So next year get ready. Wherever I happen to be, there will be a bash.
One good thing that actually came out of my birthday was listening to Christmas music! It's my own personal tradition that all things Christmas are allowed with the arrival of my birthday each year. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that the first snow usually happens right around my birthday. Still no snow here! We had a brief overnight snow shower in October, but nothing since...I'm still not convinced of this miserable winter that's supposed to happen here in the heart of the Carpathians. Last year, I avoided all things Christmas until a few days before the 25th. That means music AND movies. So this year, I was extra anxious for that little bit of Christmas cheer. Hopefully I don't wear myself out before Christmas gets here! Check out my next blog post to see just how anxious I am for December to hit :)
Another good thing about my birthday was the arrival of my Kindle a week earlier. I've had my eye on one of these guys since I landed in Romania and my steady stream of books abruptly ended. With Amazon releasing their new super cheap version, I just couldn't resist. It has changed my life. I'm not saying I'm giving up books forever...there is just something about the feel of a good book in your hand, but it sure has brightened the rest of my days in Romania (228, but who's counting?). It feels so great to be back to my normal self. Since the arrival of my Kindle, I have gotten through Jane Eyre (how it took me 24 years to finally read, I don't know), the Hunger Games Trilogy (they will definitely be re-read very soon), the Girl Who Played with Fire (love the series), and a few other bestsellers. Oh yeah, I'm back. If you have any good book suggestions, send them my way! I leave you with a picture of me and my new best friend...which also doubles as a way to show my mother that I actually wear my hair down all of the time here, instead of in a pony tail.
Oh, and a picture of some of the teachers and myself during our Halloween party...and my counterpart's son.
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