What a beautiful day, once again. Perfect weather day after day this month. At breakfast this morning at an outdoor cafe, Madlene was the only one dressed warm, the rest of us had t-shirts on... so I submit that she is a freak not qualified to complain about the weather :-) Incidentally, Zabel has said at least a half a dozen times the weather here has been so nice and warm compared to NYC, so maybe I should just let them battle it out.
Our plan to buy a particular summer house (dacha) are just not moving along at all, I wonder if it is going to fall through. We were supposed to have the title long ago and they were supposed to move out by May 31. It is quite clear that neither of these will be happening by the end of this month. I dunno, now that I am working five days a week with few days off and the Lori Region is a couple of hours away, I am not sure I will be so heartbroken if it does not come through. They did get the privatization paperwork for the house, and the land directly around it, but not for the other plots of land they have in the village that they showed us. They seemed surprised we even wanted papers for it, since we could "just use it", but now that we are insisting, they seem to be having trouble obtaining this paperwork. I really don't think this is some kind of dishonesty that they are trying to pull, but I was buying a package deal, and want proof of it certainly. So, we'll see. Now I have a bunch of plants which I brought and which I was forced to get pots for and lug soil up to my apartment for since I don't have a place to plant them afterall. :-(
So I have been at work for two weeks, and in one week I leave for the USA on a working trip. It should be quite interesting, I just hope I am not jet lagged the entire time since I will be on the East coast, then West, then a few days in Budapest, then back to Yerevan in mid june. Because I will be spending a few days in Europe on the way back, I think my luggeage weight allowance drops like a rock, so I won't be able to lug a bunch of goodies back with me. At least if I can get a 220 volt bug zapper in Budapest it will all be worth it. That would just make the nights with the window open so nice. Meanwhile, I will have to find a babysitter for my plants while I am gone. Oh, any advice on Budapest would be appreciated!
Our plan to buy a particular summer house (dacha) are just not moving along at all, I wonder if it is going to fall through. We were supposed to have the title long ago and they were supposed to move out by May 31. It is quite clear that neither of these will be happening by the end of this month. I dunno, now that I am working five days a week with few days off and the Lori Region is a couple of hours away, I am not sure I will be so heartbroken if it does not come through. They did get the privatization paperwork for the house, and the land directly around it, but not for the other plots of land they have in the village that they showed us. They seemed surprised we even wanted papers for it, since we could "just use it", but now that we are insisting, they seem to be having trouble obtaining this paperwork. I really don't think this is some kind of dishonesty that they are trying to pull, but I was buying a package deal, and want proof of it certainly. So, we'll see. Now I have a bunch of plants which I brought and which I was forced to get pots for and lug soil up to my apartment for since I don't have a place to plant them afterall. :-(
So I have been at work for two weeks, and in one week I leave for the USA on a working trip. It should be quite interesting, I just hope I am not jet lagged the entire time since I will be on the East coast, then West, then a few days in Budapest, then back to Yerevan in mid june. Because I will be spending a few days in Europe on the way back, I think my luggeage weight allowance drops like a rock, so I won't be able to lug a bunch of goodies back with me. At least if I can get a 220 volt bug zapper in Budapest it will all be worth it. That would just make the nights with the window open so nice. Meanwhile, I will have to find a babysitter for my plants while I am gone. Oh, any advice on Budapest would be appreciated!
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