i have been missing in action... i know. i have carpel tunnel syndrome and so i have been ordered off the computer. i will not be able to write too much unless i can convince a friend to type my entries. carpel tunnel syndrome (CTS) is really uncomfortable, especially in the cold winter.
i have been back from my trip for ten days. it was quite hard coming from the sun of los angeles (where we literally spent days hanging out on the beach) to the cold cold winter here in yerevan. the following things happened to our apartment while we were gone. 1. water pipes froze 2. sewer system blew up 3. water tank blew up 4. water reserve (bak) broke 5. sinks and showerheads jolted from their positions and broke 6. toilets split in half with ceramic and all 7. bathroom flooded and ceiling and walls destroyed and mildewy. WELL, it got really cold at the apartment. a few thousand dollars later, a few showers at hotels and peeing at a neighbors house ... we are almost in the clear. it was hell. we are saving remodelling of the bathrooms for the spring.
los angeles will have to be another entry because there are many beautiful tales to tell.
for now i will say that it feels good to be home. i am happy to be back at work, back with arthurs family and our friends. last night we went to another couples house. he is the son of garo hayrabedian, and is a famous jazz musician vahagn... and his wife is a french-armenian, an attorney, who repatriated like me. we listened to vahagn's new album with arto tuncboyadjian and we hung out and then gohar and i broke off to talk about life with musicians. funny.
today is the first day that my bathroom situation is so that we can finally take showers at home and invite guests. i am having a work party. this weekend i will do a few favors i promised my mom and friends i would do for them.
Because of my CTS i raised my house cleaners salary and have asked her to come everyday. she has a very high salary now and is happy. She is fully taking care of her two children and her parents and she is happy because she can even save some money for herself each month. she is grateful and i am so happy with her... and happy that i have her to help.
life is back to normal except that i have two braces on my hands. i am actually getting used to the cold and i am not wearing stockings underneath pants... just skirts...that is a huge breakthrough for a cali girl in the cold.
i have been back from my trip for ten days. it was quite hard coming from the sun of los angeles (where we literally spent days hanging out on the beach) to the cold cold winter here in yerevan. the following things happened to our apartment while we were gone. 1. water pipes froze 2. sewer system blew up 3. water tank blew up 4. water reserve (bak) broke 5. sinks and showerheads jolted from their positions and broke 6. toilets split in half with ceramic and all 7. bathroom flooded and ceiling and walls destroyed and mildewy. WELL, it got really cold at the apartment. a few thousand dollars later, a few showers at hotels and peeing at a neighbors house ... we are almost in the clear. it was hell. we are saving remodelling of the bathrooms for the spring.
los angeles will have to be another entry because there are many beautiful tales to tell.
for now i will say that it feels good to be home. i am happy to be back at work, back with arthurs family and our friends. last night we went to another couples house. he is the son of garo hayrabedian, and is a famous jazz musician vahagn... and his wife is a french-armenian, an attorney, who repatriated like me. we listened to vahagn's new album with arto tuncboyadjian and we hung out and then gohar and i broke off to talk about life with musicians. funny.
today is the first day that my bathroom situation is so that we can finally take showers at home and invite guests. i am having a work party. this weekend i will do a few favors i promised my mom and friends i would do for them.
Because of my CTS i raised my house cleaners salary and have asked her to come everyday. she has a very high salary now and is happy. She is fully taking care of her two children and her parents and she is happy because she can even save some money for herself each month. she is grateful and i am so happy with her... and happy that i have her to help.
life is back to normal except that i have two braces on my hands. i am actually getting used to the cold and i am not wearing stockings underneath pants... just skirts...that is a huge breakthrough for a cali girl in the cold.
posted by Madlene at 11:49 AM
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