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Where I’m At

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

So, I’m going to try to get to this more often, just shorter. I think that may be the ticket.

Since our last episode, life in Southeastern Europe has been pretty good. We’ve moved into the new place, got our car, and even took a trip up to Budapest which was neat.  Many of these things are chronicled in a better manner on Jessie’s blog.

Bottom line is that while Belgrade stinks (literally, it doesn’t smell good here for the most part), I’m pretty dang happy being here.  The job is pretty good, we’ve met a lot of cool people, and Jessie is healthy. I’ve been walking 25 minutes each way to work every day, so I’m getting a bit of exercise on top of everything.

The weird part (for me) is that several people have already expressed interest in visiting from the States.  I’ve never had anyone visit me overseas who wasn’t already overseas themselves.  Strange things are afoot.

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Nothing

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Seriously, folks, I got nothing for you.  I’m not even sure why I logged in here.  My life is exactly the same as it has been for the last couple of weeks.  I’m sitting here in Loca Bolivia, waiting to get on to the next thing.  I’m not terribly engrossed in the financial issues or the political ones in the States.  I’m trying to ignore the political problems here so that I won’t get any more frustrated than I already am.  I’m about to finish my last book, and it’s evidently impossible to find English books in this country (and the mail is taking forever these days so I’m hesitant to order something from Amazon).  My life is a sad story but it’s all bearable.  And that’s it.

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I’m Not A Good Blogger

Monday, September 8th, 2008

And if this is news to you, this must be the first time you’ve stopped by.

So, what’s my excuse this time?  Well, Jessie had an incident a little over a month ago.  You can read about it on her blog, but it resulted in several weeks spent in hospitals both in Bolivia and the U.S. and a month long “vacation” for me in sunny Miami.  It was so mind-crushingly boring that I decided not to share it with anyone who might peruse this blog.

Anyway, I’m back in La Paz now, while Jessie waits in Miami for some more rounds of tests and appointments with the doctors.  Our future is somewhat in limbo, as the doctors might not let her return to Bolivia.  And if she doesn’t come back, well, I’m not going to stay for long.  Which is too bad, because I’ve become fairly fond of the place, even if I have spent more time in Miami than La Paz.  So, fingers are crossed and I’m living like a bachelor again for a couple of weeks.

In other news, the Longhorns are back in action and I managed to not see either of their games.  The first because no sports bar near me was showing it and the second because it started 30 minutes before I had to board the plane back to La Paz, at 10:45 PM.  Damn Mountain Time.  Maybe I should be relieved I can’t see all of the games; this doesn’t promise to be their best year.

And that’s what I know so far.  I’m not in the best mood: a combination of lack of sleep, lack of oxygen, and an unsettled future.  Hopefully I’ll have better news to share soon.

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