Spring Fever

AKA I'm feeling lazy so this isn't gonna be much of a blog post. The last week was actually quite busy, but somehow it took forever to go by. Which is the opposite of normal life around here. Anyway, here's a quick look at some of the things that happened.

• Some folks from Peace Corps came out to do site visits. No problems there. They looked into potential places for Kaede to work next year but have yet to make any final decisions.
• Bob had some friends from the states in town. They were cool, and I was filled with questions, as it's been a while since I got to hear a perspective on Mongolia from people who aren't living here.
• Some people from the US Embassy visited, including some Fulbrighters working in UB. Most interesting however was a visually-impaired Mongolian woman who studied in Baton Rouge and now works for the embassy. She is in possession of Mongolia's only seeing-eye dog. Fascinating conversations were had.
• The weather's been fantastic. And it rained this weekend. For the first time in seven months. I didn't realize how much I'd missed it until I walked out of Bob's apartment on Saturday night and got a whiff. It was incredible. Like being born again. Or something.
• Jagaa was supposed to get spayed today, but she got into a bag of raw buckwheat while I was at school. She threw it all up before the operation would have happened, so there were no anesthesia worries, but I talked to the vet in UB and she said it wouldn't be good to have the stomach acid sitting in her esophagus for that long. The appointment's been rescheduled to tomorrow morning, so wish her luck.

Is it summer yet?