Toodles!

I lapsed.

I got limited internet in September, but it was very expensive since I was paying by the Megabyte. Now in October I have unlimited internet, but I forgot to update my blog.

I am well. It is cold, and there are a few inches of snow on the ground. The last of the 19's who are leaving will leave on Monday, but it seems likely that he will be able to meet his successor before he goes since the six new volunteers will come in on Monday also. Two of them will remain in the city, and a third will be in a village very near by, which means there will be a very large number of volunteers in Petro.

My travel plans have updated somewhat; I may be going to a village in the eastish at the end of November, and I as planned will go to Almaty at the beginning of December for PC Training. I will probably go to a city in the far west for Christmas, but I expect to be back here for New Years, and I am still planning on going to India in March, Kyrgystan in the Summer, and Russia in the winter after I COS.

I'm still not very pleased with my progress in Russian, but I will take the test in December anyway. I have another 12 months to practice before I take the final test. I have identified several Russian language courses that I could take for a month or two in Russia to improve my Russian before I get back to the states. I would like to be able to speak in social situations with a fair degree of fluency and correctness and read at the high school level. We shall see if I achieve my aims.

I will try and remember to take some pictures tomorrow and on Saturday.