no rain, no water

it’s been awhile, i know. but in all honesty there hasn’t been much to report. the following is the basic breakdown of what i have been doing for the past 4 weeks:

wake up; eat breakfast/talk with host mom and dad; read, listen to music, surf the internet; lunch; read, sit outside, roam around, go to the river; dinner; watch a bad soap opera with my host mom (that i’m obsessed with); read; go to bed

[on wednesday erin and emily came over and we had a nice time cooking macaroni and cheese and bruscetti for my family...the response to our american food selection was tepid, at best]

suffice it to say, i’ve gone through a lot of books in the past month. plus, it’s been deathly hot ( i just invested in a oscillating fan) and it takes a lot of energy to get up and do things. that, and you can’t go more than 2 seconds away from the fan without sweat dripping down your face…even after taking a shower.  [maybe that's just me being lazy...]

although, both my host brothers came for a visit from tbilisi in the past 2 weeks. i’ve only spent time with one for a couple of hours and the other i hadn’t met yet. so that’s been nice. still a lot of reading being done though.

but, with regards to the title of this post, we haven’t had water for the past couple of days. it’s been coming on and going off sporadically. plus, we haven’t had any rain (and even when we do it’s still muggy and humid). so when there wasn’t water for the second time in a week on wednesday i asked my host brother, giorgi, why. as he so succinctly put it, “no rain, no water”. that shut me up. and my host dad laughed at me. oh well. i guess that’s what the river is for: bathing when you’ve got no running water. welcome to the peace corps.

in other news, i’m spending this weekend in akhaldaba, my training site. a few of us in the cluster decided to come back because samantha’s host sister’s birthday is on monday. in addition, it’s hella cooler in this part of the country. a little respite from the hot, hot, hot weather at site was slightly needed. but, as during training, my host siblings fight all the time. ahh, it’s good to be home.

i hope everyone’s weekend is going splendidly and when you walk into your houses being cooled down by air conditioning, think of me and my lack of such amenities.

love you all :]