Time Flies!

I always knew the time here would fly, but that knowledge did not prepare for the reality that in a mere week and a half I'll be on a plane headed back to America. Days have slid one into another, some colder than others, some with more excitement. For Thanksgiving I was determined to get a turkey for our meal. We ended up calling half the village to find one. Generally they're raised for the new year so I was a little early at November 24th. Eventually we found a neighbor who was willing to sell me one at a discounted price of 25 GEL (about $16 USD) because it wasn't fully fattened yet. They brought it to the house in a bag.... still alive! So I was able to see it through squawk to sizzle.

Last weekend I visited the Waldorf School in Tbilisi. I met a young German guy who works there and he showed me around. It has about 300 students and great anthro architecture. I felt right at home. I sat down with a couple of the teachers to talk about the possibility of my teaching there in the next semester. They were very excited about this prospect and I'm headed in tomorrow to observe a lesson. It's not much more than an idea at this point but it's an interesting prospect. I think living in the city and teaching at the Waldorf School would make for fuller and possibly richer days, but it will be a difficult decision. I can't really face the prospect of leaving the school and families here in Nukriani.

However the pressure of such a decision is not on me yet, so with the remaining time I have before I fly I'll do my best not to count the days, but to make the days count. As a friend once told me "With one foot in the past and one in the future, you end up pissing on today!"