In all honesty Armenia has taught me not to get attached to the animals i see here. Let me tell you a funny story , true story. A couple days ago i was out getting the cow with my host brother and on our way back we stopped to check out the eggs from the chicken. So he had me count them for him in Armenian and we made sure none of them were cracked or anything. The next morning though, i had eggs for breakfast and thought nothing of it. On the way back home though when i stopped to check the eggs again i was like ohhhh, 2 eggs are missing * light bulb* ohhh those were the eggs i had for breakfast nice. Except for the fact that i had already been thinking of the nice little chooteeks( chicks) that the eggs would turn into because we already have some.
Another funny story, so my tateek and i were chilling at my host aunts place and all of a sudden they send me off to pick cherries with one of the little kids. So i went.In the middle of the process though i decided i wanted to use the bathroom so i leave the kid and start walking back towards the house. I round the corner and the first thing i see is a baby cow's head . . .that is to say, the head and the body three feet away with my host cousin skinning it. UPCHUCK WEEEEEE!!! yup threw up alllllllll over the floor. I'm pretty sure they are going to ensure that i am no where near when they are killing any more animals.
next story, so we have 6 baby piglets... well actually now it might be 5 because we had a bbg yesterday and we had pig so i'm pretty sure we're one piglet short and i just don't have the guts to go count. Anyways we were having or horvats (bbq) and my host dad pours me some cognac. Now i don't know how many of you have had Armenian cognac, but sheeshhhh my word never again. My host dad and his friends polished of AT LEAST 13 shots each!!! and i kept sipping from the same shot glass . . .while my grandmother sat next to me saying drink drink. I also realised pretty soon that you get tipsy much faster here at the 6000 feet altitude. 2 or 3 beers could do the job easy.
Anyways next week i find out where my permanent site in Armenia is going to be. Hopefully nowhere near lake Sven or I am going to freeze. Also we are in the process of planning our July 4th celebration. I am in charge of games. So it's going to be volleyball ( OF COURSE!) and whatever else i can figure out lol but volleyball is a must. Well thats a wrap for now.
PS Linda thanks for the call, next time not during class so i don't have to lie and say it's my mum hahahaha, Mummy i miss and love you, Monica i hope Tahoe was fun and that yall got the big boat, i wish i coulda been there (did Alexis take my spot?) lol everyone else ciao
Dee
