5 Weeks Later

EVERYONE'S A ZOMBIE.

no. but really. these people don't sleep. i was up at 4 am taking Daniel to the bus and there were so many cars out on the road and people drinking and eating and partying. it was insane. it was Monday morning...

I had an AWESOME time with DMW's visiting. He get here Thurs night and left Mon morning so it was pretty short but we saw pretty much all the sights and went up the Bosporus one day and climbed a castle that overlooks the strait and the Black Sea. it was quite good. One of my favorite parts was when we went to Kadıköy on the Asian side and found two large crowds of people gathered around 2 dance circles. I took a video and when I stoped being lazy I'll post it up. It was just really awesome cause they were all enjoying themselves and it was right on the water and the sun was setting. very nice. I also found two hookah wholesalers...so we'll see how that ends. I'm not coming back with less than 2 already.

I think the biggest change for me recently was passig the halfway point of my 2 months here. Yesterday was actually 5 weeks since I got here. I was walking to work and I passed Taksim Squre (like I do every morning) and I thought of my first day here. I was in such wonder at everything. Turkish flags everywhere. The heat. the anxious/what the hell now feeling of finally being here. It all seems so long ago now. My biggest fear is July 19th coming and me feeling like I just got into the swing of things. Then going to bed in Norwalk the next day and thinking that this was all a dream. I hate that feeling. It completely discredits my experiences. This blog will help make it more real. Plus the by now about 1000 pictures....

But yeah, 5 weeks in now. Work got a lot better today cause I was pretty busy the whole time and I think it'll continue like that for at elast a few more days. I'm supposed to meet with "the head of a woman's group" and ask her what the training that I'm supposed to get funding for will be like. This relieves me because I have NO IDEA what this "training" is really. And yet I'm supposed to write a grant proposal for it. Sweet. Also our number of interns is now up to 7 meaning we had a meeting to work out time schedules cause we don't have enough computers for everyone. Nothing changed for me. Annnnd I impressed everyone by understanding that we were supposed to respect the residents of the building and not throw ciggarettes from the balcony. I felt special. I tricked them though cause I BARELY know Turkish. Definitely gonna take that class at Upenn next semester if they let me.

What else? I kinda don't want to thinkg about leaving....is that bad? I feel like I should miss you all so much it conquers all else but im not gonna lie, im having a blast here (I do miss you all though, at least the ones reading this). Oh and final thing, message me your address on Facebook or email me it and I will send you a nice postcard! ay! My freshman can ignore this I creepily have all your addresses and home phone numbers....plus a few other details i found on my own (SS#s.....)

Sincerely yours,
-edin