YAY for Christmas!

Yeah, yeah, I know that for the rest of you it doesn't come until December, but haha, I got it early! Wednesday, actually. For those of you who don't know, Chris was back in the U.S. for a week to get his work permit. He got that, and then went to visit our families and do a wee bit of shopping for his wife. ;) Two of our biggest suitcases later, he flew back into Turkey! Now, of course, seeing him was the best present, but let me tell you, it was Christmas for Barbie in the Hatay apartment on Wednesday! I got new clothes, health and beauty items, and even some pancake mix! YES! So for everyone who helped Chris out (you know who you are) and especially Becky, thanks. You totally made another 9 months here livable.

Things have been going a little too well here, I'm warily waiting for something to happen. I actually managed to convince my boss that we really did need another teacher, and we actually got 2! Or, more accurately, I got two, since I got to do the interviewing. THAT was a new experience, especially since both candidates were in their 50s, and I'm less than half their age. Can we say weird? So apparently I'm the de facto office manager now too. Traci, I need to know how much office managers make so I can ask for a raise :) So the end result is, neither Chris nor I have to work on Saturdays, freeing up our weekends to travel. Now we just need Chris back on Izmir time, and we'll be set to venture out!

It was a national holiday yesterday, with fireworks and everything. Although the view wasn't quite as good in GR, we got another straight-shot view of the fireworks from our apartment. They were really awesome, we enjoyed seeing them, although it was weird to be celebrating Independence Day on the 29th of October! Definitely made us think of the July 4th that we missed this year. :(

Well, believe it or not, this is about all I have to write about right now. You can tell we've been having an easy time of it when I don't have a huge blog post about something that has gone terribly wrong and can entertain you all. I'll try harder next time :)