my weekend part 2

brad can you believe i lost this too?!?!  second time's the charm!  on saturday we had breakfast and then one of our students came over and we went to her house, her aunt and uncle came over, and then went back to my collegues house when we were done visiting.   we had lunch and studied more english.  we took a "pochievka"(break) and then went walking and na ghosti again that afternoon.  i will repeat again: everywhere i went i was fed and fed some more!  on sunday we had breakfast and then my collegue said we were going to go outside and work with the flowers a little but i was just going to watch.   one thing i have learned since coming here is that the B women work very hard.  now i'm not saying the men don't I'm just saying i noticed how hard women work since i'm a woman.  everytime i tried to do even the littlest thing i was told no and i didn't have gloves on.  i told my collegue i work like this all the time at my house in the states and that didn't seem to matter; if you're a guest you don't help.  so here i am standing (i felt very funny!) watching 2 women slave away, one of which was the age of my mom-in her mid 60s probably, in the garden and all i can do is watch!  i'd feel uncomfortable doing that in the states let alone here!  anyway they finished after a little, we had lunch, and then went na ghosti again.  most places i go i run into someone who can at least say a few words in english and they are eager to share their knowledge with me and i am more than happy to ablidge them!  most places i go i also run into people who want to teach me bulgarian or turkish and i am to teach them english.  i would so love to help everyone with english but it's impossible!  but i can try and that's why i'm here...that and for youth development!  when we got home it was time for me to catch the microbus back here with the students.  i have to say it was very enlightening going to one of my students homes.  in the states they would be below poverty level.  but they make do and it's life for them.   they drop what they are doing when someone comes to visit and welcome them with coffee and food, and spend hours, sometimes, talking.  dropping in on someone is not done in the states or at least very much.  we're scheduled to a T and plan things to the n'th degree.  it's kinda refreshing just "dropping in."  i'm going to quit and get this published before i lose it again.  how did the Pacers start their season???  love to all!