The first of November

Today is the first day of November. Yay!! I'll be home in less than two weeks for a visit!! Today there were flurries in the air, and it is cold and damp. The days are shorter than ever. Having moved the clocks back last weekend, this week the days have seemed to be over almost before they begin. This week seemed even shorter, and the time went by quickly, as there was a training in Chisinau on Thursday and Friday, and I just returned back to the village a few hours ago. It is dark here already at 5:30.

The training brought together all of the volunteers from our group, the 22's, along with volunteers from the most recent group, the 24's. Coincidentally, there are 22 of us still here from our group, and we have not all been in the same place at the same time since last January, at an earlier training. It was nice to connect with so many great people. Even though we all split into our usual peer groups for evening activities, the daytime training time was shared time, and lots of fun. It was good to hear of all the good work that people are doing, and a pretty inspiring couple of days.

There isn't much time left before I come home, and I am so, so ready. I have been packed for weeks, and now there is just the waiting. This week it is school vacation week in Moldova, so I am planning a trip to the city of Balti, in the northern part of Moldova for a few days. It will help to pass the time as I am now down to counting the hours until I am home. Happy birthday yesterday to my son-in-law, Joe, and happy first anniversary this week to Linnea and Joe. May you have many happy years together. I miss you all! xoxo, Jami