Adopting the Stray and other things
There comes a time in a cat person’s life when they make that decision to get attached to a cat. Mine was last night. There’s a cute little tabby that hangs out on my 
stairwell, sometimes she’s on the second floor but recently I’ve seen her snuggled on a chair my neighbor has out on the landing of the third floor, my floor. Like the black and white street cat on my street back home in Brooklyn, she is skittish and runs away whenever I walk by her. Last night I came home and she was snuggling on the chair on the landing. I walked by slowly, but she still darted off and down the stairs to watch me from a safer distance. The weather is starting to turn colder and she’ll probably need somewhere warm to sleep soon, if she already doesn’t have a place. Last night’s dinner involved a can of tuna fish so I decided this was it, this was the time I’m going to break down and share my tuna with this little cat. Once I do that, I know that there’s no turning back, the bond has been put in place and she’ll probably be hanging out on my soon more often. There are other neighbors who feed her but probably not as luxurious
as canned tuna from Impash, the Turkish supermarket.
On Saturday it seemed the edict went out around town from the president or whomever up there to start putting Christmas trees up for the holidays. Since then, cherry pickers can be seen hovering over giant pine trees with workers throwing garlands and fastening coloured balls to the big branches. Where theren’t live trees, big, fake trees are put up. I’ve been taking pictures of these trees, hoping to get the right shot for my Christmas card. My dream shot is a tree in front of an official building
with a giant portrait of the president behind it. The tree in front of the Ministry of Education would be the best shot but they don’t like you taking pictures of official buildings here so I may have to find another one. The “Rod dom” (Maternity House) across the street from my office just put up a tree and there’s a portrait of prezzy so that may just work.
Had my first night of teacher training last night and it seems we have a good batch
of teachers. I hired four teachers and two dropped out the day before so I had to scramble to find two more. I managed to hire one more so I’m up to three right now. One more will come around I know. Unfortunately, the real good ones are too busy but the ones I found are just fine. They’ll be great I know it! We have two weeks of training and then I’m off to the US for the holidays—I can’t wait. I will probably need to do some shopping soon to get some Turkmen souvenirs for everyone back home, and possibly a rug or two to stuff in my bag. Can’t wait to be on the plane flying home. I’m enjoying my time here and people are great but it’ll be nice to be at home for the holidays. As much as I am looking forward to going home, I’m also looking forward to coming back and starting my program with our first batch of students.
stairwell, sometimes she’s on the second floor but recently I’ve seen her snuggled on a chair my neighbor has out on the landing of the third floor, my floor. Like the black and white street cat on my street back home in Brooklyn, she is skittish and runs away whenever I walk by her. Last night I came home and she was snuggling on the chair on the landing. I walked by slowly, but she still darted off and down the stairs to watch me from a safer distance. The weather is starting to turn colder and she’ll probably need somewhere warm to sleep soon, if she already doesn’t have a place. Last night’s dinner involved a can of tuna fish so I decided this was it, this was the time I’m going to break down and share my tuna with this little cat. Once I do that, I know that there’s no turning back, the bond has been put in place and she’ll probably be hanging out on my soon more often. There are other neighbors who feed her but probably not as luxurious
as canned tuna from Impash, the Turkish supermarket.On Saturday it seemed the edict went out around town from the president or whomever up there to start putting Christmas trees up for the holidays. Since then, cherry pickers can be seen hovering over giant pine trees with workers throwing garlands and fastening coloured balls to the big branches. Where theren’t live trees, big, fake trees are put up. I’ve been taking pictures of these trees, hoping to get the right shot for my Christmas card. My dream shot is a tree in front of an official building
with a giant portrait of the president behind it. The tree in front of the Ministry of Education would be the best shot but they don’t like you taking pictures of official buildings here so I may have to find another one. The “Rod dom” (Maternity House) across the street from my office just put up a tree and there’s a portrait of prezzy so that may just work.Had my first night of teacher training last night and it seems we have a good batch
of teachers. I hired four teachers and two dropped out the day before so I had to scramble to find two more. I managed to hire one more so I’m up to three right now. One more will come around I know. Unfortunately, the real good ones are too busy but the ones I found are just fine. They’ll be great I know it! We have two weeks of training and then I’m off to the US for the holidays—I can’t wait. I will probably need to do some shopping soon to get some Turkmen souvenirs for everyone back home, and possibly a rug or two to stuff in my bag. Can’t wait to be on the plane flying home. I’m enjoying my time here and people are great but it’ll be nice to be at home for the holidays. As much as I am looking forward to going home, I’m also looking forward to coming back and starting my program with our first batch of students.
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