What a lovely day!

Yesterday and today have actually both been good. Yesterday was one of
the best lazy Sundays that I have had all year. I think I spent maybe
an hour out of bed all day. It was rainy, so I curled up under my
covers and read for most of the day. I took a "little nap" that turned
into a four-hour death nap! And, I didn't even wake up groggy like I
usually do. I crocheted a bit, watched a movie or two, and relaxed. I
needed a restful day. Today, I got up, had coffee, wrote I my journal,
did a pilates workout, cleaned my room, dusted, swept my floor, and
made a delicious egg, onion, and tomato bagel for lunch, Of course,
here, that means I had to make bagels first. MMM garlic and onion
bagels. I don't think I'll ever buy bagels again. They are so easy to
make at home, and taste better than store bought. Whew! I did all of
that and it is just now noon. I'm fixin to go so my laundry (and work
on my tan since I'll be doing it outside) I also might crochet a bit,
since I've got about four half-finished projects to wrap up before
coming home.

I didn't go to school today because tomorrow is the last day of
school, which means that there haven't been classes for the past two
school days because everyone has to prepare for tomorrow's holiday.
I'm really excited about it! (Truthfully, I'm just excited to be
excited about anything again) :-D

Later:
There's nothing like: forgetting that your cell phone AND Ipod are in
your pocket as you're hauling water and spilling all down your front
There's nothing like: the film that develops across the top of your
"clean" water because the bucket you're using to haul water is also
the same bucket used for milking the cows.
There's nothing like: a great, nasty spider falling from a tree into
your clean clothes
There's nothing like: defending yourself with a bucket from the crazy
angry goose that is chasing you
There's nothing like: your four year old brother reporting all of your
actions to your dad: "jess is adding soap," "jess is drinking water."
There's nothing like: getting to the very bottom of the liter of water
you're chugging and then noticing the stuff floating in it
There's nothing like: being lucky enough to have laundry day coincide
with banya day and having the ENTIRE family walk under your panties on
the way to the banya AND getting wood smoke to scent your clothes
In short, there is nothing like laundry day in Kyrgyzstan. Gotta love it!

(here's to hoping this laundry sunburn sinks into a tan)

Miss you tons
Love from Kyrgyzstan,
Jess