a sad day....

We lost our first two volunteers today, one of them is from my village. It was a pretty sad day, but I guess I have to respect them for knowing themselves well enough to know that Peace Corps wasn't for them. He was a great guy, and will defiantly be missed. Them leaving also made me question my decision to be here, but I think it is getting to the point now where my extreme homesickness is ebbing, and the practica (actually teaching classes) over the last couple of weeks reminded me of why I signed up for the Peace Corps in the first place.

So far, I have team taught 6-30 minute classes and a solo 30 minute class to children of all ages in my villages. I have taught about the food web, insects (my favorite), observation skills, migration, fish parts, and one other subject that I can't remember (oops!). I have 3 more solo classes to teach, and the big thing...drum roll please...two of them have to be in Armenian. I am pretty nervous about those, but am very comfortable with the topics (water cycle and animal senses) which should make things a little less difficult.

We swear in on the 14th, and it is hard for me to believe that I have only a little more then 2 weeks left of PST and living in Karenis. I am very, very excited for Dilijan, and luckily have some amazing people close by. I will defiantly miss my family in Karenis though, they should be expecting visits about once a month at least! Let me just say that if I didn't have such an amazing family, I would probably be sitting in America right now...and that goes for my family in Armenia and America. After meeting people here, I have realized how incredibly lucky I am to have such an amazing support network at home...and I can't wait to visit in December!

Well, we had ourselves an EE horavats at Vinny's house last night, which was really great. I think we all needed a little bit of fun and good times. It only reiterated the fact that for my coming home party (in 2 years) we will all be experiencing some amazing Armenian horavats!

I know it is short, but we are all going to our favorite cafe to say our goodbyes and have one last hoorah! I miss you all and love you lots!