A Fresh Start

It seems as though my old blog will be indefinitely blocked by the Turkish government, so after growing frustrated at using the same proxy servers that high school students use to access myspace from school, I decided it was time to move on. So here I am at blogspot.

Things have been busy-- my parents came for a wonderful visit last week which coincided with Seker Bayram, which meant that I had time to devote to showing them around the city. We covered lots of ground-- a Bosphorus cruise, Kariye Museum and a trip up the Golden Horn to Pierre Loti, a visit to the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum and much much more including great meals at 360, Asitane, Cicek Pasaji, and Leb-i-Derya.

This week for me has been all about countdowns. Right now, as it stands, I have 3 days left of work until vacation, and 5 days until Lars comes back from three months of travel. If only I could hibernate and wake up with a paycheck in my hand on vacation with him here.

So today with growing frustrations I needed retail therapy and success! I bought a toaster oven that was just delivered to our apartment. I am already looking to a weekend full of baking cookies, cupcakes, tuna melts, toast. Hurrah!