My last few days are getting extremely hectic, but at least the trip is not for so long so I don't need to pack all that much. Meanwhile, Yerevan has lots going on with yesterday being the "verji zang" (last bell/last day of school). The kids were all dressed up, and going nuts. Also Aznavour is in town, and he must have been at Hin Erivan with the president on his birthday 2 nights ago because there were loads police cars and fancy cars. And on top of all of that, tomorrow is elections! Parliamentary elections and a referendum on changing the presidents powers, AND allowing dual citizenship. If it passes they still have to work out how it would work, but at least the constitution would allow it. A huge step...
Meanwhile, in the US congress huge steps are being made. A genocide resolution passed the house judiciary committee! This is a huge hurdle and now is the time for all American Armenians to yell at the top of their lungs at their congressmen about this, and about aid to Armenia, which they are talking about cutting by a massive 1/3. This would set a horrible precedent and we should scream so loud they don't even think about it again for years to come. So visit the ANCA website, visit the AAA website, and take action! Call your representative, tell your Armenian AND non-Armenian friends to call, and send around emails. If you live in an area without too many Armenians, then your voice is especially important since your congressmen do not hear as often from Armenians... anyway, enough said about that.
So all sorts of plans keep changing. Lena, Zabel and I decided in the end to pass on the summer house (dacha) since it would be too taxing to drive up there each weekend. Maybe something closer would be nice. Also I am not going to Budapest, but instead will spend a couple of extra days in LA. Thank goodness, it was just so sad thinking that I would be in LA and not have time to even see the ocean. Now I have some breathing space.
Let me take a minute to vent about front loading washing machines. I hate them! They would be bad enough in the US, where you have to wait a hour and a half for one stupid load to wash, but here in Armenia where you only get water a few hours in the morning and a few in the evening, it is especially annoying, since it limits your washing abilities so much. The top loading washers I grew up with took 25 minutes. End of story. I also don't see any dryers for sale, but I will have to find one since line dried clothes leave something to be desired. Especially in the winter :-)
What else? I am sure I am forgetting all sorts of things, but thats all I can think of for now... except to say... now where did all the other loggers go?!?!?
Meanwhile, in the US congress huge steps are being made. A genocide resolution passed the house judiciary committee! This is a huge hurdle and now is the time for all American Armenians to yell at the top of their lungs at their congressmen about this, and about aid to Armenia, which they are talking about cutting by a massive 1/3. This would set a horrible precedent and we should scream so loud they don't even think about it again for years to come. So visit the ANCA website, visit the AAA website, and take action! Call your representative, tell your Armenian AND non-Armenian friends to call, and send around emails. If you live in an area without too many Armenians, then your voice is especially important since your congressmen do not hear as often from Armenians... anyway, enough said about that.
So all sorts of plans keep changing. Lena, Zabel and I decided in the end to pass on the summer house (dacha) since it would be too taxing to drive up there each weekend. Maybe something closer would be nice. Also I am not going to Budapest, but instead will spend a couple of extra days in LA. Thank goodness, it was just so sad thinking that I would be in LA and not have time to even see the ocean. Now I have some breathing space.
Let me take a minute to vent about front loading washing machines. I hate them! They would be bad enough in the US, where you have to wait a hour and a half for one stupid load to wash, but here in Armenia where you only get water a few hours in the morning and a few in the evening, it is especially annoying, since it limits your washing abilities so much. The top loading washers I grew up with took 25 minutes. End of story. I also don't see any dryers for sale, but I will have to find one since line dried clothes leave something to be desired. Especially in the winter :-)
What else? I am sure I am forgetting all sorts of things, but thats all I can think of for now... except to say... now where did all the other loggers go?!?!?
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