Sunday, June 25, 2006

In loving memory...


Byamba

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Friday, June 23, 2006

Summer time in the city?

It is so hot today. No joke two weeks ago it was snowing and now it is oppresively hot. Blah.

We are still in Darkhan. We just finished our first week of technical sessions. They are going well. I taught on how to give presentations when you don't know much. Which is most of the time. Jesse taught on health promotion in numerous settings. We both went on field trips to various sites and gave overviews of how it is (generally) in Mongolia. The trainees seem overwhelmed but good.

We have had the opportunity to host a bunch of people who bounce through Darkhan. So it has been fun to catch up with everyone who we hardly ever see. Still enjoying our awesome digs. Besides the fact that it rains inside when it rains outside and we broke the cold water knob in the bathroom it all seems to be going swimmingly.

Claire the puppy is doing well. She is huge. Swear she grew an inch overnight. Her bladder control is better but not perfect. Lots of walking up and down 5 flights of stairs to take her out to "get busy" (that is the go potty command). She sits like a champ and is learning "off" and "wait." Takes a lot of energy to train a puppy. Jesse and I have decided for sure no babies and puppies at the same time. That would equal no sleep and lots of grumpy.

We are quickly approaching our last weekend here. Jesse leaves next friday to return home. I follow a week later with lady and ken. A vacation will be really nice.

I can't think of anything very exciting to write on but that is the update nevertheless.
Cheers!