It's been a while since I last wrote..... It's not as if no blog-worthy things have happened since my last post, but somehow I don't get around to writing and posting about them.
One of the things I have been busy with is the fundraising for the kidney transplant for my little friend Vardan. He is doing relatively well at the moment, undergoing some new kind of treatment that hopefully will bear fruit. It sucks so much (sorry for the choice of words) that this has to happen to him. He is such a bright kid with a nice character and a good heart!
Also, as usual, I spent some time in Spitak. I just have to go there every two weeks or so to see my friends, catch the latest news and gossips. I found out that I really need that time, I get cranky and nervous if I don't go. Many of my friends live there, my best friend A. lives there and I just know the town well. Every time I walk around the town center or I sit in the marshrutka to the town center, I run into someone I know. In many ways, Spitak feels like home to me, I cannot explain it. When I am in Spitak, I always stay at the house of my best friend A. She lives together with her parents, her brother, his wife and their two boys. A few weeks ago, A. celebrated her birthday in real Armenian style. Her father and brother had bought a sheep to be slaughtered and eaten on A.'s birthday and the women of the house were busy for three days (and nights) preparing all the food and cakes. It was amazing all the effort that was put into the preparations!! My duty was to entertain the two children so they would not be in the way of the adults. Entertaining 7 and 8 year old Tigran and Armen is not a punishment for any of the people involved. I am crazy about those two kids and the feeling is mutual. Anyway, the birthday was hectic, but a lot of fun, with friends and colleagues and relatives showing up. There were about 25 people packed around the dinner table and lots of toasts were made. Needless to say, the eating, drinking and dancing lasted until far into the night.
On a different note, our downstairs neighbor has replaced the fence around his garden with a big stone wall recently, sometimes working on it in the middle of the night. We started calling it the 'castle wall'. Last night, we noticed that in one of the corners of the wall he made a space to put his tv set. He was trying it out last night, turning up the volume. My boyfriend and I were jokingly wondering whether we should go down and ask how much a bear costs at this new outdoor cafe. I hope we won't have another source of noise around at night. The restaurant and the hotel next door are annoying enough at times. And also, the renovation works on Kievyan Bridge, which is very close to our apartment, seem to go on 24/7 (though the workers seem to have very extended lunchbreaks every now and then :-) ).
By the way, my boyfriend and I realized we will be losing our great view of Aragats soon, because the hotel is building an addition that will block our view of the mountain. Fortunately, we will still have the superview of Ararat from our balcony.
As you can see, there is more construction work (large and small ;-) )going on in the city than only in downtown.
One of the things I have been busy with is the fundraising for the kidney transplant for my little friend Vardan. He is doing relatively well at the moment, undergoing some new kind of treatment that hopefully will bear fruit. It sucks so much (sorry for the choice of words) that this has to happen to him. He is such a bright kid with a nice character and a good heart!
Also, as usual, I spent some time in Spitak. I just have to go there every two weeks or so to see my friends, catch the latest news and gossips. I found out that I really need that time, I get cranky and nervous if I don't go. Many of my friends live there, my best friend A. lives there and I just know the town well. Every time I walk around the town center or I sit in the marshrutka to the town center, I run into someone I know. In many ways, Spitak feels like home to me, I cannot explain it. When I am in Spitak, I always stay at the house of my best friend A. She lives together with her parents, her brother, his wife and their two boys. A few weeks ago, A. celebrated her birthday in real Armenian style. Her father and brother had bought a sheep to be slaughtered and eaten on A.'s birthday and the women of the house were busy for three days (and nights) preparing all the food and cakes. It was amazing all the effort that was put into the preparations!! My duty was to entertain the two children so they would not be in the way of the adults. Entertaining 7 and 8 year old Tigran and Armen is not a punishment for any of the people involved. I am crazy about those two kids and the feeling is mutual. Anyway, the birthday was hectic, but a lot of fun, with friends and colleagues and relatives showing up. There were about 25 people packed around the dinner table and lots of toasts were made. Needless to say, the eating, drinking and dancing lasted until far into the night.
On a different note, our downstairs neighbor has replaced the fence around his garden with a big stone wall recently, sometimes working on it in the middle of the night. We started calling it the 'castle wall'. Last night, we noticed that in one of the corners of the wall he made a space to put his tv set. He was trying it out last night, turning up the volume. My boyfriend and I were jokingly wondering whether we should go down and ask how much a bear costs at this new outdoor cafe. I hope we won't have another source of noise around at night. The restaurant and the hotel next door are annoying enough at times. And also, the renovation works on Kievyan Bridge, which is very close to our apartment, seem to go on 24/7 (though the workers seem to have very extended lunchbreaks every now and then :-) ).
By the way, my boyfriend and I realized we will be losing our great view of Aragats soon, because the hotel is building an addition that will block our view of the mountain. Fortunately, we will still have the superview of Ararat from our balcony.
As you can see, there is more construction work (large and small ;-) )going on in the city than only in downtown.
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