If Only In My Dreams

From the mouths of babes

Today my eight and ninth grade classes learned about stereotypes, discrimination and prejudice. The following is a snippet of what happened in one class.



Mrs. Darii: An example of stereotyping would be for me to say that the girls in our village are the prettiest in Moldova.

Rodica: But that's true!

Mihai: No it's not.

Ms. Leone: *Laughs*

Rodica: Hey, Miss. Jessie can understand Romanian!

Mrs. Darii: Yeah, she's getting better.




Yay for progress!

Far from home

For years my friend Hilary has been telling me to try listening to the group Saving Jane and I've been resisting. Mostly out of apathy and laziness. However, a couple of weeks ago I decided I needed some new music for my iPod since I walk to work everyday and listen to my iPod on the trip. I think it makes the walk more enjoyable. Anyway, I decided to give Saving Jane a try and discovered this song. It pretty much sums up this whole adventure I'm on.

Saving Jane- "Far From Home"

By the way, I forgot about this little exchange when I posted last night.

While we were moving furniture:

Host Dad- Come on Lidia (host mom), let's move this.
Host Mom- I can't, I'm a girl. It's too heavy. Have Jessie help you.
HD- What's Jessie? A fish?
HM- She's a strong girl! She's only 23. I'm too old.
HD- You're only 40!

By the end of this, I had already picked up the other end of the bed and started moving it with my host dad. But I thought it was pretty funny.

My room and cats

It has started snowing in my village (you might have noticed in my last post), which means it's really cold out, especially at night. So lately I've been letting the kittens sleep in my room for a couple of hours every night. They curl up in some boxes that I made into beds for them by the radiator when I go to sleep, and after a while they'll wake me up to let them out. My family back in the US has had a cat since I was in high school and I had George while I was at college (my brother is taking care of him now), so I have a soft spot for kitties. I've named the gray one Nermal and the black one Grigore/Scruffy, I haven't really decided for him yet.









In other news, I got new furniture today. Kind of. It's the old stuff from the guest room, which now has brand new furniture. This bed is super comfortable, it's almost as good as a bed in the States. I'm also able to hide a lot of my stuff in the nightstands, which makes the cupboards look less cluttered, which makes my host mom happy because she says it makes my room more "furmos".



You can see the African safari wallpaper in this picture. It is super "furmos," I love it.