Alo from Armenia
Greetings from Yerevan! I arrived a week ago, and am just settling in. I have my own apartment near Republic Square, and it has heated floors. How awesome is that? The first few days here I had some water issues - first it was too cold, and then it was scalding me, but now I think I have everything under control. For the most part, the apartment is warm, but the kitchen is a tad cold, especially at night. Work is going well. I haven't done a lot yet, so far just reading and getting up to speed, but I think starting next week, I'll be able to do some real work. We get both American and Armenian holidays off, so I don't have to work tomorrow. It's so great.There are 3 other people from my program here, and they're all guys. It kind of sucks being the lone girl, because I can't really relate to them. Plus, they're all single, so I have no one to commisserate with. It's been really difficult to be away from SC, and the fact that we have an 11 hour time difference makes it even harder. We've been IMing mostly at night (for me) on the weekdays, and both morning and night on weekends. A few nights ago, it almost seemed like he wanted to call it quits, but now everything is ok. We are trying to find a way for him to spend the summer here with me, not just the time between semesters. I'm so excited, and it means so much to me that he wants to do it. He said it's more important to spend time with me than to graduate in August. It was so sweet, I started tearing up. I love that man. He is so incredible, and so loving. I never dreamed I'd meet someone like him, and be lucky enough for him to love me back. He's been sending me little video clips over email, and this morning, he sent me one of him pretending to sleep, so I could 'wake up' next to him. He makes me so happy. NQEx couldn't hold a candle to him.
Yerevan is a really interesting city. It's compact, and you can walk pretty much everywhere. I take the underground to work, and the only way I know where to get off is by counting the stops because everything is in Armenian (duh). I was in the cafe at Artbridge (a bookstore/cafe) and could feel the train going by underneath every few minutes. It costs 50 dram per ride, which is something like 10 cents. It's ridiculous! Most things here are cheap, but every now and then I'll find something that's randomly expensive. Like hangers - $4 for 3 plastic ones. Random! But then I'll buy groceries, and it'll come out to 6000 dram, which is maybe $15 on a bad exchange rate day.
posted by MelissaJ @ 6:21 PM
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