hi everyone.

so my internet was cut off about two to three weeks ago and i did not seem to notice. since then my mom has arrived and armenia is not the most promoting arena for internet use... life here makes you forget to check your email everyday. so i became lazy about my internet... and i was too lazy to walk up the five flights of soviet stairs to the old arminco office and to lazy to find the new netsys office so i just did not have internet and was ok with that.

my mom being here has been amazing. i have been running around trying to manage my mom, my volunteer job, my personal life and the arrival of my father and brother tomorrow. so i never had time to peep into any internet cafe's either... so why am i telling you all of this. because after two weeks of not even noticing i was cut off from the rest of the world i just signed on to find that the world had not forgotten about me. i had a million emails and really important stuff too... my cousin eloped (congrats saby jan) and friends graduated, others got engaged... you really miss out on a lot by not being connected. i vow (since i have been on for 8 hours making up for lost time) not to stay too far from the internet again.

a lot has happened since my last log but i must say that one of the funnest was when ara's mom was in town during the conference and we all got to go to artbridge for a nice dinner... my mom and ara's mom were called the moms and they were pretty cool to hang out with.

my family (save my brother armen) will be here tomorrow ... and i will enjoy this little reunion as much as i can.

thanks for having me back internet world. i missed you.