Election Day

It's Sunday afternoon and I just had a delicious lunch of pears and cauliflower with cheese. This week was a regular school week except now I teach 3rd grade in the mornings instead of the afternoons as they have changed shifts. It will stay this way through December. There is no school tomorrow due to Sunday's elections which are taking place as I write this, so I have lots of time to finish things here at my place which is nice.

The crazy day of this last week was Monday. We had a storm filled with rain and winds of 70 km/hour. Getting home from school made for quite a bit of difficulty Monday afternoon. All the taxi company phone lines were busy so I decided I would try for the bus. Well the bus was broken down (though still running) so I stayed there and waited and they finally got it to start. Then it was a slow journey to the stop closest to my apartment building since the rain "puddles" were higher than the bottom of the bus at times. Walking the short 5 minutes from the bus to my apartment meant I was soaked to the skin with cold rain everywhere except what was under my rain jacket. Needless to say I got home, changed clothes and sat next to my heater for a bit to warm up. The wind even blew open the door to my terrace and one of my windows a few times in the evening. It was so loud I even wore earplugs to sleep. Seeing the city after the storm meant many downed trees and dead birds. Also, many of the villages around the city had no power for up to 4 days. It was quite the weather and I'm glad it wasn't like that any other day of the week.

   

On to better news though...

Saturday night I was able to go to the children's musical of Thumbelina here in Sliven. One of my 3rd grade girls was part of the dance chorus. It was adorable and a well executed. There were several set and costume changes which flowed nicely throughout the performance. I went with another volunteer as my student's father is her Bulgarian tutor.

This weekend has been filled with knitting, online TV, movies, listening to music, and making things for school. I'm not even ashamed to say I've been playing Settlers of Catan online with a few other volunteers in the evenings. Last night we played a few games. I didn't win either but it was still fun, I just learned how to play this week so I have some catching up to do. I'm kind of excited to potentially play the game in person at some point and not just online to see which I prefer. I think it'd be easier to comment verbally than type everything out but otherwise I like the game.

I'm interested to see who wins the mayoral race here in Sliven. There are MANY candidates and posters have been strewn across the city for the last month. If you're at all interested in the elections here. There are a few articles you can find through these links:

Elections 1
Elections 2
Elections 3

I hope you're all having a relaxing Sunday!

Peace, Love, Literacy, and Reckless Curiosity.