Salut and à Bientôt

Salut,  So, it’s officially been three months? Wow, insane. It’s difficult to articulate the feeling I have, where I recognize the change that has happened in the past 3 months, but it doesn’t quite feel like three months if that makes sense. I’ve had my moments, my hobbies, my fads pass and go (the Rubik's cube era that didn’t last particularly long). I leave to go to IST (In-Service Training) in Bishkek for one week. So my school only has two other English teachers besides myself and my counterpart, and one of those is a primary teacher. Basically, my students all will miss a week of English classes. Other schools with more teachers can attempt to fill in the gaps. I suppose that ought to be my first remark. You kind of learn to just go with the flow. I think coming to Kyrgyzstan, there were a lot of things I previously was very fixed on, whether it be because of how I was raised and my own very cheery very patient personality! That was a joke, Mihica, because I’ve never been v...

Salut,  When I started my blog, I thought I wouldn’t have a lot to say between two-week increments. After all, what could change? What new things could I say? By my own math, if I continue this biweekly until I COS (close of service- finish my 2 years), I should have well over fifty blog posts by then, right? I assumed I would run out of new material, new insights, and new observations. Of course, service and Kyrgyz culture are infinitely fascinating, and I know even fifty blog posts probably couldn’t sufficiently explain everything. In one way, it’s sad, because I brought two physical journals, but these blogposts are long enough that it’s probably unneeded. But thank you to anyone who has read these.  All of this is to say, that the last two weeks have been SO long. Like, I’ve never felt so free in my time but also occupied, if that makes sense.  As I mentioned in my last blog post, I had been preparing for my Halloween party I was throwing. For any American celebration...