Phew. What a crazy, crazy week. I’ll start with the most interesting first, I got to meet Hillary Clinton! Twenty volunteers were randomly chosen to attend a short speech at the US embassy so it was pure luck that I got to go.  I took a marshutni early yesterday morning to Yerevan and went to the embassy, which was beautiful and is one of the biggest (for the US) in the world.  Hillary Clinton gave a short speech and walked around to shake a few hands, I was lucky and got to shake her hand, but of course I got nervous and the only thing I could think of to say was “It’s so nice to meet you.” Anyways, it was an especially great moment because it celebrated my one year anniversary of being in Armenia.  Days like that make me feel incredibily blessed to be living and working here in Armenia.  Here are some pictures at the embassy, including the one of the back of my head next to Hillary Clinton haha:

Then days like today are not great.  I took a marshutni back from Yerevan early this morning and discovered I had forgotten my Dramamine pills.  I felt like I was going to be sick for the entire ride.  I had to meet my school director as soon as I got off the marshutni looking as pale as a ghost.  I asked him some last minute questions about a grant (that was due at midnight tonight!) to repair our gymnasium. Turns out we were still waiting on a couple of price quotes from different vinyl store owners so it was a crazy rush to finish everything on time.  Thank goodness it is all turned in and finished.  I will find out on Monday if it has been accepted or not… keep your fingers crossed! I haven’t worked this much since college and I will be completely crushed if we get rejected.

Random good news: There is a sour cherry tree in my backyard and I made a pretty awesome cherry crisp last week.

Random bad news: I have rats living in my roof and now I’m perpetually frightened that they will fall on my head while I sleep.

Here are some pictures of spring in Armenia J