random thoughts (again)

This week has been a bit of a whirlwind.

Yesterday, we picked up another Canadian girl from the airport, and she'll be working with CCTD over the summer until she goes back to university in the fall. And she arrived just in time for the Albanian-version premiere of "The Longest Winter" at the National Theatre. I can't imagine getting off a long-haul flight, arriving to find your luggage didn't quite make it (no problem -- we'll pick it up today), and then sitting through a somewhat complex play in a totally foreign language... but she seems to have survived :)

Also last night was a going away party for a good friend of mine from Ultimate. If you thought moving to Kosova was crazy, adventurous, and/or strange, he is moving to Afghanistan on Monday! He'll be based in Kabul (thankfully) working on elections shtuff. Apparently, Afghanistan is the new "it" place for us internationally-types, especially now that Kosova is old news. Although I'll be quite sad to see him leave (seems like we just met!), the party was wonderful. Instead of walking into a room and not knowing anyone -- like I did months ago -- I now feel like I'm past the small-talk stage with so many cool people, and the community feels like my community, too. It was the kind of realization that just dawns on you, and makes you smile.

And finally, to add to the excitement and commotion of the week, today is the *big* day... I mean, I haven't cleaned so much since I was working as a room-maid on Kibbutz!

Mom's flight arrives in two hours.

I'll keep you posted...

:)