I have at least a half a dozen things on my TODO list, which involve contacting another person by phone. That means it could take forever. In Armenia, there is no call waiting, there are no answering machines, and to top it all off, people are very averse to taking messages. They much prefer to tell you to "try back a little later", not necessarily knowing if the party you are trying to reach will be back later. Two of the people I need to contact live outside of Yerevan, which doesn't help. We'll see if I can make any progress this week.

In an hour or so, President Kocharian will pay an official visit to the ARMENIAInformation office, where I work. I don't think I am gonna go... I bought two cool rugs yesterday, I think I will pick them up instead. Maybe I will post some pics of them if I can capture them well.

One other thing I want to buy is this beautiful tropical island.... but I am over $1,000,000 short on the necessary cash. ;-( Anyone want to go in on it with me? :-)