I have a new temporary job: I am a cat nurse now. In a freak accident, our pregnant cat fell from our kitchen window on the fourth floor. Usually, when cats fall, they are able to manoeuver themselves in such a way that they land on their feet and they are fine. However, I can tell you, when a pregnant cat falls, she most probably is not going to be fine! Due to the extra weight she carried and the fact that this made her balance different (the most weight now obviously was in her lower body part), she couldn't manoeuver herself in the right position for a safe landing. I won't go into the details, but she is going to be fine, though obviously, she lost her kittens. She had an operation two days ago and is recovering nicely from that. The operation was performed in our kitchen!
Because my boyfriend can't take time off from work and at the moment I don't have too much to do, I am the one staying at home and taking care of her. This gives me time to catch up on writing emails, reading and things like that. A few days ago one of the bloggers on www.blogrel.com (great site for news about Armenia!) posted the link to a USAID report evaluating the ways and the usefulness of support in the development and strengthening of political parties in Armenia. I read the report yesterday, and found it quite interesting. Some interesting points were made. The report can be downloaded from http://www.usa.am/assistance/docs/polassistance.pdf.

By the way, today CNN showed an interview with a 101-year old Armenian woman who survived the genocide and is now living in Jerusalem. In the report, the word genocide was used, although only in expressions like "what the Armenians call genocide". However, in their April 24 coverage, as far as I noticed, CNN was careful not to mention the word genocide at all. They even called Tsitsernakaberd a war memorial (I kid you not!), though whether that was avoidance-behavior or plain lack of research, I don't know.