I hope everyone had a happy Halloween! I had a wonderful fall weekend in Fojnica. The weather warmed up and the trees stayed orange/red at least for the first part of the weekend and then the wind got stronger and by Sunday it was a lot browner. Luckily I got to take advantage of the weather and was outside a lot. I climbed up to part of a mountain and looked across at the rest of the rolling hills/mountains and could even see snow at the top of the higher peaks (although I didn't include the pictures because they were a little hazy). I also cleaned up some leaves (complete with leaf fight, of course), climbed up a different side of a different mountain (and had to scoot down on my butt because the path was so steep and the leaves and ground were slippery), and even finished out the weekend playing with kittens and puppies. I'd say that makes for a perfect weekend. I tried to carve pumpkins on Sunday in honor of Halloween but unfortunately there were no pumpkins to be had, but even without that activity it still made for a great few days.
Things have been going well here. Well up and down. This week is the Sarajevo Jazz Fest and unfortunately ticket prices don't make it available for an unpaid intern to go to a lot of the shows but I did manage to buy a ticket to the Dave Holland Quintet show on Thursday (on recommendation from Lonesome Bob) and have two people coming with me, so I am looking forward to that! My language classes are going well and this weekend I got some practice in, mostly I need to work on my confidence because I know that vocabulary will take time but I need to get over the intimidation-factor and just go for it. Slowly, slowly. I will, however, have to miss my class on Thursday for the show but it's all about priorities, right?
I decided that I am going home for Christmas, er, Christmastime. I have to say that I wrestled with it for a few reasons, one being that it is really expensive and another because I kind of feel like I'm cheating by going home. Cheating from what? I don't know but it makes me feel like I'm back in college if I return home after a "semester" but ultimately I am so excited to be going back to be with my friends and family. Actually I get to do a little tour and hit all of my main places: Boston for the first weekend, Chicago for 5 days and then most of the time back in Waterville. I decided though, that I want to be back in Bosnia for New Years. So I am looking forward to that as well. A good trip and a good return.
Work is going slowly. I think I can be a little disappointed in how it's worked out so far but I've only been here two months, we'll see what happens. I am keeping my eyes and ears open to other opportunities and will see what goes on. Maybe this will pick up to a steady work pace, maybe I'll find something else.
I can't believe that it's already November! Where did the time go? Although at the same time September feels like a long time ago. I had big plans when I got here to have a Thanksgiving dinner and I thought I'd be settled by the end of November but it seems that I'm still getting my bearings although I've come a long way. We'll see. You know, even though things are sometimes tough and emotionally frustrating, I am so happy to be here. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I am in Bosnia, that I get to be here. I think it will be good to come home and interesting to see how I feel about Bosnia when I come back.
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