Clustermate Laura, Becky, Melissa, Terry and Clustermate Jon gathered around the table for a Volynska Oblast Thanksgiving.
Greetings on a snowy Ukrainian night. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. I was able to celebrate with five fellow volunteers. Our Thanksgiving wasn’t the most traditional with eating chicken, but we did have some festive dishes like mashed taters, stuffing, and the oh so delicious pumpkin pie as well as pumpkin koshi. My contribution to the dinner was a cold vegetable pasta salad. It was alright, but I thoroughly enjoyed the stuffing for the first thanksgiving in my life. I think I was always freaked out by the idea of the stuffing, but I was actually in the kitchen while it was being prepared and thought I should try it. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!!
With my presence there is a good chance of being entertained (the wine helps with that as well).
This week was a short week of school because Peace Corps gave all the volunteers Thursday off and my school being generous also told me to take Friday as well so it has been a long weekend. Very relaxing. Read two books and working on the third. Also I watched a lot of new movies this week. I borrowed some from the ‘Windows on America’ (English library at the normal library sponsored by USAid). One that I have absolutely falling in love with is “The Apartment,” the 1960 Best Picture with Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon. I’m pretty sure it has entered my top 5 favorites. When I get home I definitely need to track down the old movie poster for my wall.
So besides Thanksgiving with the crew, nothing else has been too exciting. I’m a week closer coming to home at 23 days. It seems like forever ago that it was over 100 days until home. I have a very organized calendar for my visit home. Just trying to fit in seeing all of people that are ‘near and dear’ (one of the many strange phrases I have picked up from English speaking Ukrainians).
And winter has arrived...God help me!
Sorry for a short blog; I’ll try to make it more exciting next week. But before signing off, I want to congratulate the North Central football team. They are in the “elite eight,” if you will, of the division three playoffs. Go cards!!
Hope everyone has a great Sunday. See you all very, very soon. Oh, I can't wait. Miss and love you all.
Kate
No comments:
Post a Comment