Thursday, April 19, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
2 1/2 weeks and I'm a 0+!
Or maybe I'm not...
2 1/2 weeks of French are now nicely tucked under my belt, which is getting a little tighter given my propensity to crave rich and delectable foods -- or any junk -- when I'm a wee bit stressed out. There seems to be a method to the madness, but then there's also just some utter and complete madness. Alliance Francais, what were (and are) you thinking????
There is nothing much to report. I study. I chat in French with Laurence, simple things like, "How are you?" or "What's the weather?" The conversation then abruptly stops as I have nothing else to really follow up with, but it's coming along!
Onwards! Bonne chance a moi!
2 1/2 weeks of French are now nicely tucked under my belt, which is getting a little tighter given my propensity to crave rich and delectable foods -- or any junk -- when I'm a wee bit stressed out. There seems to be a method to the madness, but then there's also just some utter and complete madness. Alliance Francais, what were (and are) you thinking????
There is nothing much to report. I study. I chat in French with Laurence, simple things like, "How are you?" or "What's the weather?" The conversation then abruptly stops as I have nothing else to really follow up with, but it's coming along!
Onwards! Bonne chance a moi!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Blame David Bowie
'cause I'm talkin' about life ch, ch, ch, changes...
Three weeks have passed since I left my job. A week and a half have passed since I began full-time language training at the Foreign Service Institute. Mon pauvre brain is tired and full, but I am delighted to be on a different schedule, delighted to be preparing for our move to Haiti this summer, and delighted to be in school again. In fact, my glowing face in the photo below is testament to this giddiness about my current life.
Yes, we're moving to Haiti this August. We'll be there for 3 years, during which time I'll hopefully be working as a fonctionnairre d'coordination (that's a development worker) for another INGO -- perhaps my old one, perhaps another. We shall see. The one prerequisite is fluency in French, which I am working on very diligently!
Onward!
Three weeks have passed since I left my job. A week and a half have passed since I began full-time language training at the Foreign Service Institute. Mon pauvre brain is tired and full, but I am delighted to be on a different schedule, delighted to be preparing for our move to Haiti this summer, and delighted to be in school again. In fact, my glowing face in the photo below is testament to this giddiness about my current life.
Yes, we're moving to Haiti this August. We'll be there for 3 years, during which time I'll hopefully be working as a fonctionnairre d'coordination (that's a development worker) for another INGO -- perhaps my old one, perhaps another. We shall see. The one prerequisite is fluency in French, which I am working on very diligently!
Onward!
Monday, April 02, 2007
A tugboat, the cherry trees... Ah, spring!
We took Wendy B out for her first outing of the season -- gorgeous. Look at the cherry trees behind us: lovely views, good beer, convivial conversation, good times!It was a packed weekend: dancing to Haitian music at Zanzibar on Saturday, power washing the boat, mellow and happy hostessing on the back deck... Ah, gracious living at its best.
Ah, spring!
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