I just had that moment hit me, finally. It took me two weeks of being here, it wasn’t until a few minutes ago while I was standing on the roof of our new guesthouse that I felt the full force of reality: I’m living in Afghanistan. Since I landed, these past 14 days have been spent shuttling back and forth through traffic from my room to the office, stuck indoors and on the street level for about 99% of theRead More
Today I got a lot of reading done. Caught up on all the blogs I haven’t had time for. Spent hours watching my twitter feed for updates. Watched Take Care of My Cat [and need to fine out where to get the soundtrack.. so good]. Met S for breakfast. Then for lunch. Then for dinner. She brought me toothpaste. I brought her russian chocolate. Now I’m watching TV and feeling bored and hoping that the lockdown really is lifted atRead More
For this first week and a half, I’ve been living in a temporary guest house, with 90% of my things still packed sloppily in my bags waiting for the day I move into a house with a closet. This has become my 24hour pattern thus far: Wake up to phone alarm, hit snooze a few times. Finally pull out of bed at 10 mins to 7 so I can gingerly step into the shower with broken temperature knobs and fiddle withRead More