Being a teacher has given me my first summer break since high school. In the past two weeks, I've read many books and watched a large quantity of tv shows and movies on my computer. The idea is that we're new in the community so we should spend our first months not traveling and just generally being around, but my village is quite small. I've walked around a bit, but I meet more people here when I'm in the taxi coming back from the city. So I read and watch tv (sometimes study too), which is both tiresome and a welcome break after the stress of training.
I spent fourth of July sans fireworks, but we had some nice American sloppy joes and chili. We met up with most of the Jalalabad volunteers and some counterparts and made our own little America in a Kyrgyz backyard.
Summer continues. I start teaching in September, so I should be pretty busy again at that time. Until then, I have 10 or 11 more James Bond movies with me to watch.
