Friday, January 16

I arrived at school and was asked if knew origami. I've done a bit and they had instructions, so I volunteered to give it a try (making roses for a get well card for another teacher who is home with pneumonia). Ms. Jo said, "Fill your boots!" For anyone who listens to KMTT and Marty Riemer in Seattle, it was all I could do to not bust out laughing once I realized what she had just said! So there's some outside corroboration that it really is a saying, and not even just from Ireland! If you want in on the joke, go to YouTube and search for "fill your boots man" and find the "Irish girl wants school destroyed" clip. Enjoy!

This evening there was a New Year's Party at the Fulbright Commission Office. The kids and I finally met some more of the Fulbright staff in Ankara and some of the other Fulbright grantees. Up until now none of them had met the girls and only a few of them had met Aeden and me. It was crowded and hot in the office space, but the munchies were tasty and the kids were well behaved and did a great job of mingling. I learned about some new places to go and hopefully even people to go there with and we all had a nice time. I like it when we do something social on Friday nights even though we're too tired to do it...it makes the weekends seem longer and keeps us from sitting around all grumpy for the evening!