Ash's Azer Adventure

Hello everyone! The following is my blog about my 27 month trip to Azerbaijan working with the Peace Corps. I am a part of the 4th group sent to Azerbaijan and am in the Community Economic Development (CED) Program working with local companies to help them operate better in the world. Hopefully I’ll have some fun stories and cool pictures from traveling around Asia Minor and Eastern Europe. This blog is in no way related to the Peace Corps or their opinions. I hope you all enjoy…

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Lazy Summer Days

Not a whole lot to report from last week so this will be a short blog of just recent random thoughts.

The weather is back up to high heat and a constant glaze of sweat is upon us 24/7.
I put up netting on all of my windows to keep the mosquitoes out and so that I can have a breeze through my house. Well didn't work so well so I'm covered in bites and now officially sleep in a mosquitoe net at night.
I am back in summer nap mode where I sleep for 1-2 hours each late afternoon to avoid the heat. I feel like a lazy bum, but my body is just always worn out.
I have been asked to help write a grant for a small village to get a new bridge to their crop fields put in so I'm really excited about that opportunity but feel a little pressure to do a good job because they really need the bridge.
My hair is getting back to crazy go everywhere length. I can't wait to see what it will look like 1 year from now.
OU got its 2005 football season erased because of players taking bribes-top notch stuff baby!
I found out the hard way that if i don't draw water from my well every other day at least a little, my pump system gets messed up and I can't draw water until the neighbor comes and fixes it-not fun.
This will be a big weekend-a friend is having a big crawfish party, I'm getting his kabob grill after the party because he's heading home for good and I'm getting my puppy Lyka this weekend as well. Needless to say my life will change quite a bit with a 6 month old puppy around.
The AZ3 gang only has 10 days left in AZ, so it is weird to hear them all talking about going back to the main land and having a normal life again. We are all meeting up in Baku their last weekend in country, so that should be nothing short of a nice time on the town.
Our favorite pizza shop in Baku started using crappy cheese, so there's one less good meal in town.
I'm heading to a week long music festival in Budapest in two weeks, so I'm starting to get super pumped for that.
I counted the other day and as of right now while I'm gone I know I will miss a minimum of 8 good freinds' weddings and 5 births and I'm only half way done. You guys need to quit growing up and becoming adults. Speaking of....
I'm heading back to the US in October for a week to be in Andy Macklin's wedding, so everyone get ready to play!

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