tomorrow, The Test
so maybe not The Test, but certainly A Test, test, even - i'm taking
the GRE (general) tomorrow. i can't decide whether to be excited,
worried, scared, calm and collected, or what - the test anxiety is
causing weirdness :P but at least when it's over, it's over so i'm
definitely looking forward to that :)
we had my mammaw's (my father's mother)birthday lunch today - she can't
really go out anymore since she has so much trouble breathing (lifetime
of smoking will do that), so we brought lunch for everyone (my aunt and
uncle came too) from Drew's, a neat little soul food diner in Como.
mostly we sat around and ate and talked. it was good getting to see my
family, but there wasn't much to talk about. it also marked by official
"transition" out of veganism. my mom has (mostly) convinced me to get
used to eating some animal products before i go to Turkmenistan. it's
really hard on an emotional level - i don't think of those things as
"food for the kt" anymore and i have to force myself to eat it - i was
happy i didn't get sick at my mammaw's apartment yay me. i haven't had
any adverse physical effects other than upsetedness in the tummy type
area. but i suppose it's a necessary evil - better than getting sick
overseas? i know that maintaining a vegan lifestyle during my two years
overseas will not be possible, regardless of what PETA says - the
Turkmen
people aren't exactly familiar with the idea of vegetarianism, there
isn't really even a concept of it in the culture as far as i've heard -
"vegetarian" means "not much visible meat". and since i most likely
will be living with a family and not cooking for myself, i don't
reeeally have a
whole lot of choice.
'm still excited about going though :)
meh
in really cool news i got to see racingbird last night - she came to family pizza night and then we hung out at Borders. it was really great getting to talk and catch up on everything again - warm and fuzzies are great! :) that really made being stuck (moreorless) in FtW worth it
don't get me wrong, i'm not dissing FtW or anything, i just prefer norman - my friends, my pooknar, my favorite places, my favorite stuff to do... are all there. at least if i could be working down here, it would be something to do. lately, i spend a lot of time cleaning, talking to the cats and checking my mail (snail and electronic) for info from the Peace Corps
oooo! speaking of which, i got my Turkmen language intro cd today :) it's poorly made/planned as an introduction to language with which, presumably, the student has no prior experience - at least in my opinion, and i certainly have plenty... especially when it comes to language education... aaand i found out that my staging (brief orientation, etc before heading out to training) will be in arlington, virginia. i have to take 18-20 passport-size photos with me :-P i guess they want to be able to i.d. me in a lot of different places, huh
loves to all!
namaste
ps i found a nifty yoga book at borders to take with me - very nice and step by step - so i can work on things we did in class with
kyltor
meh
in really cool news i got to see racingbird last night - she came to family pizza night and then we hung out at Borders. it was really great getting to talk and catch up on everything again - warm and fuzzies are great! :) that really made being stuck (moreorless) in FtW worth it
don't get me wrong, i'm not dissing FtW or anything, i just prefer norman - my friends, my pooknar, my favorite places, my favorite stuff to do... are all there. at least if i could be working down here, it would be something to do. lately, i spend a lot of time cleaning, talking to the cats and checking my mail (snail and electronic) for info from the Peace Corps
oooo! speaking of which, i got my Turkmen language intro cd today :) it's poorly made/planned as an introduction to language with which, presumably, the student has no prior experience - at least in my opinion, and i certainly have plenty... especially when it comes to language education... aaand i found out that my staging (brief orientation, etc before heading out to training) will be in arlington, virginia. i have to take 18-20 passport-size photos with me :-P i guess they want to be able to i.d. me in a lot of different places, huh
loves to all!
namaste
ps i found a nifty yoga book at borders to take with me - very nice and step by step - so i can work on things we did in class with
kyltor