Wednesday, March 11

We need groceries! Stopped at Migros on the way home from school and pissed off by interrupting his bus-ride nap. He made sure to remind us of it every 10 or 15 minutes the whole evening, whining and being grumpy.

Lacey's taps have arrived and were glued onto her shoes for clogging. She now can make a lot of noise while she's practicing her clogging moves!

I went to a lecture this evening by George Gawrych at the Turkish American Association with Becky. He was speaking on Samseddin Sami, an Ottoman author from the late 1800's/early 1900's who took many opportunities to express his beliefs about feminism and support of more equal treatment of women. It was very fascinating to hear of the different characters of that time and overwhelming to see a roll-call of important women in Ottoman history...when we're taught that women are simply veiled and left at home.

Kaye and Myron are on a full day tour of Istanbul today.