Friday, January 13, 2006
Packing it up...
Selman is back in Iraq after a nice visit! Take care, ağaymı!!!! You are missed!!!!
Seven weeks here and still my Turkish is poor. I get lots of harassment about it, so I will certainly work harder before I return. I am finally getting used to some of the body language here. For instance, when someone wants to say "no," the person might raise his/her eyebrows, tut, tip his/her head back, or do any combination of the three. The first time I encountered this, I thought the person was so disgusted with my Turkish that he refused to answer. I asked three times and then remembered reading about this in my guidebook and took the hint.
I am going to the airport early Sunday morning to catch my 6 AM flight to Frankfurt then on to Portland. These last hours are full of goodbyes, shopping, and trying to figure out how I will pack all of the stuff I accumulated over 7 weeks! What a wonderful trip it has been! I'm already looking forward to the next time, but I will have to complete my dang PhD before I return. THAT should be incentive!
A shout-out to the Babes on this here Friday the 13th full moon!!!! I'm missing you ladies tonight and looking forward to seeing you Monday night, hearing how everyone's vacation was, having çay with Julie, seeing Kathi's wedding video and photos, getting Evrim to an American-based full moon get-together, and congratulating Peggy on cohabitation and Jeannine on not being a homeowner soon. What a bunch of dynamic babes... bring your blinkies!!!
Seven weeks here and still my Turkish is poor. I get lots of harassment about it, so I will certainly work harder before I return. I am finally getting used to some of the body language here. For instance, when someone wants to say "no," the person might raise his/her eyebrows, tut, tip his/her head back, or do any combination of the three. The first time I encountered this, I thought the person was so disgusted with my Turkish that he refused to answer. I asked three times and then remembered reading about this in my guidebook and took the hint.
I am going to the airport early Sunday morning to catch my 6 AM flight to Frankfurt then on to Portland. These last hours are full of goodbyes, shopping, and trying to figure out how I will pack all of the stuff I accumulated over 7 weeks! What a wonderful trip it has been! I'm already looking forward to the next time, but I will have to complete my dang PhD before I return. THAT should be incentive!
A shout-out to the Babes on this here Friday the 13th full moon!!!! I'm missing you ladies tonight and looking forward to seeing you Monday night, hearing how everyone's vacation was, having çay with Julie, seeing Kathi's wedding video and photos, getting Evrim to an American-based full moon get-together, and congratulating Peggy on cohabitation and Jeannine on not being a homeowner soon. What a bunch of dynamic babes... bring your blinkies!!!
// posted by LaLa @ 11:33 AM 
