post 28 february

Within the last week or so, I have…

- discussed potential benefits and implications of personal invisibility with at least eight separate groups.
- personally proctored at least nine different subgroups in their International Writing Olympics essay-writing sessions.
- witnessed an older woman harangue a younger woman at a bus stop for not wearing a hat, to the point where the younger woman finally put up her hood and turned away.
- been asked how long I’ve studied English.
- watched second-graders show off their knowledge of cartoon characters and joined in a rousing rendition of “Old MacDonalds”, or so it seemed to be.
- been slightly mobbed by sticker bandits.
- been accepted to MASCOT, a creativity-and-leadership-celebrating summer camp for older students in Mykolaiv in August.
- had a streak of coat-riding wall-dirt [stray white paint dust] pointed out and then brushed off by the groundskeeper of the building where I live.
- been told that “training” may not be properly used as a noun.
- searched through three grocery stores before finding flour.
- finished reading Stranger in a Strange Land.
- started looking for a literary agent.
- been asked to define happiness.
- giggled at the presents two male friends received on Wednesday, for Soviet Army Day (renamed "Defenders of The Homeland Day" [Homeland Security Day?] and referred to as Men's Day): a mug with flowers painted on it, and a giant stuffed banana.
- received a gift of a stuffed green bunny rabbit dressed for tennis, on Sunday, reason as-of-yet undetermined.
- been told that my philosophy of life closely resembles that of AA.
- rejoiced in the slow return of light to day time.
- prepared [how, exactly?] to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps, starting March 1st and going on all year!
- celebrated the first birthday of Atlee, albeit from a distance.

Happy last day of winter!
:)