and then i reach the point of no return.

hi family. friends. whoever happens to maybe take a peek at this blog these days. which is probably just about no one considering i never update it anymore. sorry. really, i am. life is so busy! and romania is so super cool [just figuratively. we sweat profusely every day.] that i have hardly any time at home or on a computer. mostly because i don't want to be. ha. at this point i've adopted the philosophy that i'll catch anyone who cares up when i get home. which is not very many people when it all comes down to it. so that's just life. i'm ok with it. my journal is ok with it. and that's about how it goes. sorry. c'est la vie. so i'll just give you a random smattering of updates, as is the usual lately. sorry. real life is cooler than updating a blog in which i can't really talk about very many details. it's the truth.

the view out the window from the villa during fhe on monday.

today's one of those days i'm feeling quite defeated and helpless and like i'm not doing much good when it comes to my kids. i don't really want to relive details from the past few days on blog world. but they were kind of long. i've been mostly lucky as far as having relatively good days with my kids and my workers, especially after the first week. well, let's just say these past few days have been not quite that way. no need for details. i'll just get frustrated again by thinking about it. the point is, i'm quite happy about the fact that tomorrow is friday, and we'll be on vacation all of next week.

speaking of which: we'll be out of town all of next week! in other words, you probably shouldn't plan on hearing from me. because you probably won't. we'll have internet in some places maybe. but only two internet accessable devices to go around. and let's be real. when i'm in brasov and bucharest, i'd rather be enjoying brasov and bucharest, or resting up. just sayin.

one of melissa's girls is in the hospital right now. and she's one of the ones that kind of feels like one of my kids because we see them so often when playing outside and whatnot. and the fact that our rooms are right next to each other. so today and yesterday we visited this girl. she's adorable. and i hope she gets better soon. being sick is no fun.

speaking of the hospital. in one of the rooms, on monday there were four babies. on tuesday there were six on wednesday there were three. and today i heard there were the same three. ha. i love me some baby flesh. :)

institute tonight was probably one of the funniest things of my life. as far as hilarity is concerned, i mean. i was teaching, which is funny in and of itself. (and i taught sunday school on sunday. even funnier. they can't get enough of me. haaaa. not.) and there were a million distractions and interruptions. mostly, it was kind of just plain hilarious because it was so ridiculous. such is life. we're all still living.

today has been flaming hot. like, fiery furnace hot. more than usual hot. don't even worry. it's supposed to be rainy all of next week on our trip. personally, i'm pretty excited about this detail. :)

cherries are everywhere! literally. everywhere. and i'm pretty sure almost every tree at section 2 is a cherry tree. at least it seems that way lately. the kiddies love them. :)

i haven't been able to see much of the kids in the back rooms the past few days, so today i spent over an hour with just them. it was an excellent part of my day. we won't talk about the rest of the day. haaaa.

we made sarmale on monday at fhe! it was exciting. i quite like the inside stuff. but i don't know how i feel about the wrapped in a grape vine leaf. i made rolls the other night and put the sarmale inside and it was delicous. and i might have just been excited about the rolls thing. i've missed them. and baking in general.

this weekend i might be helping a girl we know from the branch with working on a violin piece. if not this weekend, then sometime after our trip. i'm super excited about it. like it's probably embarrassing how excited.

romania is beautiful. hot as heck, but beautiful. as are the kiddies. most days, at least. and let's face it. even if they have different ideas on how to take care of kids here, i still love my kids. and have been mostly lucky as far as workers in my room go. and let's be real. while i'm excited for the break next week, i will most definitely miss them like crazy.

i promise these gypsy carts getting tickets looked even funnier in person.

anyway. that's all for this edition of a crazy random update of many different thoughts streaming through my head.

lots of love! can you believe there are only 21 days left with our kids? i can't. i might cry at the end of july when i have to leave them. ok, so i probably definitely will.