sweat curls, flowers, and babies.

sorry, world. i'm super behind on blogging. and my motivation to blog at all is completely pathetically nonexistent. mostly, because there's not much i can say beyond talking about the streets of romania and other random things. which is only a minor part of my life here. and i can kind of talk about my kids. but it's not the same. and keeping up on blogging? kind of a huge effort. so i apologize now that from here on out it will probably get more and more pathetic. but i do try occasionally. kind of. ha. the sad truth.

on sunday, because of roslyn's upcoming birthday (TOMORROW!), the relief society gave her carnations and a present. and then they found out my birthday was last week, so they gave me some carnations too. super cute, huh? they're too good to us.

our carnations. in romania. which makes them even better, naturally.

monday was rather average at section 2. i went outside at the beginning, though. and we were outside for almost the whole time before i had to leave to go work with our computer boy, so i didn't get to see much of my other kids, besides the walkers that were outside. which is sad. but today i made up for it and spent most of the morning with them. followed by maniac children that came back in from outside in awfully interesting moods. more than usual, anyway. we'll just leave that at that. i'm trying to forget it. haaaa. it was an interesting day. ha.

at the hospital yesterday, all 8 of us went! which hasn't happened since probably the first day, which makes it exciting. usually there's always someone sick or something. but, of course the day we are all there, babies were few and far between to be found. only a couple floors had any kids at all. one of which, they were all in one room. four little babes! so we spent all our time with them. and today was the same story, except not everyone went today. but seriously, i'm bringing these babies home with me. hope no one has a problem with that. haaa. if only.

last night was fhe, so we played charades! it was funny. that's for sure. and after which we went to kaufland to stock up on food. i was out. most everyone was. so, i have food again! this is exciting. i'm trying to cut back on just drinking apple juice, because it's been getting ridiculous. so i'm trying some new ones. this week, i got a carton of red orange juice - delicious. and a mix juice of pomegranate, grapefruit, and apple, i think? i haven't tried it yet. but it sounded promising, wouldn't you say? hope so! ha. and then we lugged all our goods back home. that was fun. ha. while walking i kept feeling like i had bought the whole store to carry home with me. never fear, we survived. and it wasn't really that bad. just a day in the life. though we did look a little hilarious with our big bags walking past people just out to enjoy a summer evening with friends. haaaa. whatevs. it's fine. we loved it.

thanks to it being super hot here, the lack of any air flow inside buildings, and being inside said buildings most the day, especially in the afternoons in the hospital, romania gets to be greeted by the famous sweat curl often. i'm sure everyone here loves it. i sure do. good old sweaty me. i've never sweat so much and so often in my entire life. it's getting ridiculous. and it's only going to get hotter. even better. bring it on. haaaa. the following photo is dedicated to my lovely sister-in-law, sherry. i know she'll love it. and yesterday i had a really good ringlet going on, so i had to share! bahahahahahaa. i'm so funny. obviously. [previous sweat curl is at the bottom of this post.]

yes, my hair is always as messy and out of control as it looks. i can't help it. and at this point i've mostly given up on trying. ha. once again, welcome to romania! the land of many adventures.

and that, my friends, will have to suffice as an update for now.

i've more pictures. and more words. but not for here. and not for now.

bine? bine.

noapte buna!