everybody's workin for the weekend...

well, not everybody.
yesterday was my first day at my future place of employment. i arrived at 8. my albanian counterpart escorted me around and introduced my to about 20 or so new people. no worries, im great with names. this went on for about an hour or so. newt we went to the police station to register me as a resident. of course, i don't actually have a visa yet so i have to re-register for real once i have my visa. ah gov't. since we were close, my counterpart suggested we go see how one of the other volunteers was doing. we met her and then stayed there for a while because her counterparts had to go to a funeral viewing. we were getting pretty bored so we all went off to go check on the other volunteer. we met her and talked for a while.

sadly, my counter part had to go back to the office to take care of a few things so we had to decline teh coffee invitation. next time, there's always a next time for a coffee.

after we returned, she had a meeting so she told me that i could go home.

at 12:30, i met another PC volunteer that has been working here for a year now. we had lunch till 2:30 and then he headed back to work for a couple hours. I headed home and took a nap.

the nap was a matter of survival. it was so stinkin hot that i didn't feel like doing much else.

and today's schedule was even more grueling. i went in at 8 and reviewed some planning documents while we waited for the mayor to finish a meeting. i then met the mayor for about 2 minutes and that was it. my counterpart had to go to a seminar today so she told me to go explore the city. i already did that some yesterday so i went home and organized my stuff, put a bunch of PC phone numbers in my phone, and sent really long text messages.

it's tough, but i'll be strong.

:)