Posts Tagged With: family

As We Round out the End of May Part 2

This was my first repeat month in Bulgaria.  Now what do I mean by repeat month.  I mean this is the first month that I have spent time in Bulgaria twice.  I arrived in Bulgaria May 12,2010.  Over a year I have been away from my family and friends and  I can’t believe how much I [...]

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A Lot of Change to Deal With

So let me see, the last time I talked to all of you blog readers I was getting back from Germany and trying to settle into my life in a long distance relationship.  Well within that time I judged a spelling bee, taught lessons, celebrated Easter, became single, and did all the things that a [...]

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Happy Birthday to ME!!!!

Hello all, so another holiday has passed in Bulgaria.  This holiday is special only to those who know me.  It was my birthday Friday.  I am now in my late 20s officially and I kid of feel old.  Anyhow I have come to realize how special a group my Peace Corps family is.  And in [...]

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Home

Honestly while sitting in my bed, covered in chips that always seem to miss my mouth, I am thinking about home.  Not just my family, friends and boyfriend who I miss very much, but what is home.  Honestly when I think of home now I don’t think of my parent’s yellow house, I think of [...]

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So an Update on Life in General

So here we go.  I went back to work on the 10th of February from my toecation and I have been going at 200 miles an hour ever since.  It’s been a lot of stress for me to figure all of this out.  Being out of the world and work has reeked havoc on my Bulgarian skills. [...]

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What I am Thankful For

Sitting in bed being bored gives you time to think, because seriously what else are you going to do with a broken toe.  And I have been thinking about all the good things in my life, all the things I have to be thankful for. 1:  Being a part of the Peace Corps:  Peace Corps is [...]

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добро yтро

Good morning you all I am cold.  It’s the kind of cold that makes you realize that your heater is stupid and that “0″ is warmer than “3″ but anyway I am doing good.  I don’t have to worry anymore that my refrigerator is small.  I am doing good other than being bitingly cold.  I [...]

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Christmas and Beauty

So I apparently make my life sound more sad than it really is sometimes.  I do love my life and this town is so beautiful at Christmas time.  We got snow last week!  I was teaching a group of 10th graders and they all started screaming “snak! snak!” which is snow in Bulgarian.  I then [...]

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The Little Things

I think being in Bulgaria has helped me appreciate the little things in life.  I mean the things that Americans take for granted.  As an example:  you’re busy, you have a million things to do, your apartment needs to be cleaned, what do you do?  In america i would get my Swiffer Sweeper and sweep [...]

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Home For the Holidays

I bought a Christmas tree today.  It cost me three leva and I bought some Christmas balls that cost me one leva.  I took all of this home and placed my tree on the coffee table and used the table-cloth that my director gave me that is too small for my table and it didn’t [...]

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