so today i woke up at 6 am. unacceptable! i peed and went back to sleep, or tried to for awhile anyways, was finally successful and slept till about 9.
it was insanely windy today. like tornado strength.
i created this blog this morning, and spent some quality time on facebook. yeah i know grief for being online constantly while im on vakay. go ahead judge me, but november is a hugley insane month for advocating one of my passions and im missing out on several big events in the states, yet still have my hands in a bit so im doing what i can from here to be involved with my commitments and all that fun stuff! and yes that was vague on purpose due to the public-ness of my journal. anywhooo
i decided to take some pics of the lojman. i took a nice long hot shower. i cooked something from nothing- a 'talent' that continually marvels kristin. todays creation was chicken carrots broccoli and salami on a bed of balsamic and garlic pasta with feta cheese on top.
when Kristin got home from school, her, Faruk and i went down the campus to a shopping area, kinda like a small mall or strip mall and had dinner. i had something that was similar in texture to a meatloaf yet it was kebap style and tasted nothing like meatloaf, it was quite yummy and had a nice spice kick to it. dinner was served with rolls and a salsa type dip and a creamy mint dill dip, i put the dill dip on my kebap thingy. my dinner had rice, a steamed tomato (yuck) yellow small peppers, onions and 2 more forms of bread and a green steamed pepper. i ate the rice and picked at the bread, im just not a straight up pepper and onion fan, if its mixed in stuff thats fine, but to just eat it like a side dish doesnt really work for me. K and i shared a lentil soup in a bread bowl, i think that makes 4 diff types of bread at dinner! the lentil soup was real smooth and creamy, almost like a squash soup, the flavor was real mild, it was yummy. after dinner we had traditional tea with sugar cubes, i luv that other countries use sugar cubes! we had nice conversationals and then kristin and i jinxed each other by asking for
the check please in turkish!
after dinner we went shopping for something for me to wear on saturday. Kristin bought some sweaters, shes not used to the 'cold' coming from AZ the past 7 years. i found a shirt that could work with her black pencil skirt if we dress it up with shoes, an updo and sparkly jewelry.
then we went to the turkey version of home depot to look at paint, kristin wants me to help her paint and decorate the lojman. we admired 6000 dollar showers and bright purple tiles and over toilet shelves and other such home depot esque things, the paint selection was definitely not reminiscent of home depot.
cab ride home and some puzzle making ended the evening. oh yeah and we tried to determine how to get me to
anitkabir. kristin doesnt want me to just go out into the city 'blind', apparently the bus system is not user friendly and theres no direct shot to just 'go there', so i tried for a long time to find specific directions to the mausoleum, no such luck, we studied some maps and such and talked about other things to do and places we need to find me directions to so i can start adventurizing!
my belly is full, my back is sore, im having a hard time leaving my broken retainer alone, and theres chocolate in the kitchen. and so ends wed ens day.
oh i almost forgot, i learned today that one is not
sick here in turkey, one is
ill, sick is a penis, i have definitely not been a penis.
sitting on the couch looking straight across, the patio is there on the right behind the curtains
sitting on the couch in the living room looking towards the kitchen, that doorway behind the chair goes into my bedroom
the back porch aka the dryer that goes with the washer which is located downstairs in a separate area, im assuming a laundry room type place
the lil white tiled kitchen, everything but a microwave, and a baking pan
dont drink the tap water! leave this empty container outside the front door with 5 lira and the water fairy will leave a full one in its place.
the lil white tiled bathroom, notice the odd cropping in the wall above the necklaces...
the view out the living room window
the outside hallway into the apt lobby, i ringed the bell there on the left, its loud.
the threshold into the house and into the kitchen and bathroom, pretty pick marble.
the kitchen counter marble or maybe its granite, i dunno.
the window in the kitchen that opens to nowhere, theres one in the bathroom too (above the necklaces and also seen there across the empty space of nothingness).