Today was the last day of the summer daycare program that was sponsored by the St. John�s Armenian Church of San Francisco.
This morning I got up a bit earlier than I wanted, so I could go to the factory to give instructions to my workers and then drove to the school where the daycare program is held.
As I drove up to the main building, all the kids came running over to greet me. I said �Parev� to them as I stepped out of my car and they broke the silence with all 50 of them in unison responding with �Parev!�
Today we took the kids on a fieldtrip to Avo�s (Monte�s) spring which is 10 kilometers outside of Martuni, just bellow the village of Spitagashen.
It was good weather today for our activities, which was spent playing the typical picnic group games. The kids had a great time and I didn�t see one unhappy face among them.
After a group picture and them sitting down to lunch, I returned to Martuni, as I have guests coming from Yerevan today and though housecleaning is a constant thing around here, I had still really not caught up on the beddings and so on since my last guest.
I first stopped in to seeing the Mayor, where I joined him for lunch. Today we ate what I would call Cornish Game Hen, which are basically chickens from the chicken farm that were the runts of the brood. Very tasty and for the 7 of us to eat, it cost us for the 5 hens 900 dram. They were very tasty and I think much better than the full size chickens.
I asked the Mayor�s wife were she got the hens and she told me that the store down the street had them at 600 dram a kilo, but what we just ate was the last of what they had.
The Mayor called the chicken farm to see if I could stop by to pick up some hens and also chicken feet, which the Mayor�s wife and mother offered to pickle for me, so when I am hungry, I can snack on them.
I took the Mayor�s daughters and nephew with me and we went to the wine factory to get some vinegar for the pickling of the feet and then to the chicken farm, where I picked up 19.1 kilos of game hens and 5 kilos of feet. In all it cost me 11,050 dram (about $20).
I drove back to the Mayor�s house, where I dropped off the kids, 10 of the chickens for the Mayor and his family and the feet and vinegar for the wife and mother to pickle for me.
I then drove home and as I was taking the remaining 37 chickens into the house, I could not see where I was walking, since the boxes of chickens were quite large and I didn�t notice a small log that my dog had dragged from the woodpile and stepped on it and twisted my ankle. What was really strange was I felt something was going to happen to me less than a minute before it happened and instead of freezing in my tracks to see what the danger was, in my rush, I kept on moving.
I was not happy at all about this, as I had no ice in the freezer to preventing my foot from swelling and I had cleaning to do before the guests arrived.
I gathered myself and again, picked up the boxed of chickens and made my way into the house.
After putting most of the chickens in the freezer, I kept 3 of them out and wrapped my ankle with these chickens and boy were they cold. After 15 minutes, the chickens seemed to be thawing out and the swelling had gone down quite a bit. I took 2 Advil�s and am now laying in bed with my foot elevated.
I hope my guests are understanding and don�t mind ironing their own bed sheets, as I really can�t take the risk of being off my feet for even one day. I�ve just got too much going on right now.
I forgot to mention yesterday I had a couple of guest from California/Nevada pass threw town yesterday, one being one of the students from CSUN that was with the group that visited me last summer and the guy was her new husband. They invited me to lunch where we talked about what business one can do here that would be helpful to the investor and to the people working in that business. I hope it was interesting and informative for them. I hope that they can realize their dream of one day living and working here.
This morning I got up a bit earlier than I wanted, so I could go to the factory to give instructions to my workers and then drove to the school where the daycare program is held.
As I drove up to the main building, all the kids came running over to greet me. I said �Parev� to them as I stepped out of my car and they broke the silence with all 50 of them in unison responding with �Parev!�
Today we took the kids on a fieldtrip to Avo�s (Monte�s) spring which is 10 kilometers outside of Martuni, just bellow the village of Spitagashen.
It was good weather today for our activities, which was spent playing the typical picnic group games. The kids had a great time and I didn�t see one unhappy face among them.
After a group picture and them sitting down to lunch, I returned to Martuni, as I have guests coming from Yerevan today and though housecleaning is a constant thing around here, I had still really not caught up on the beddings and so on since my last guest.
I first stopped in to seeing the Mayor, where I joined him for lunch. Today we ate what I would call Cornish Game Hen, which are basically chickens from the chicken farm that were the runts of the brood. Very tasty and for the 7 of us to eat, it cost us for the 5 hens 900 dram. They were very tasty and I think much better than the full size chickens.
I asked the Mayor�s wife were she got the hens and she told me that the store down the street had them at 600 dram a kilo, but what we just ate was the last of what they had.
The Mayor called the chicken farm to see if I could stop by to pick up some hens and also chicken feet, which the Mayor�s wife and mother offered to pickle for me, so when I am hungry, I can snack on them.
I took the Mayor�s daughters and nephew with me and we went to the wine factory to get some vinegar for the pickling of the feet and then to the chicken farm, where I picked up 19.1 kilos of game hens and 5 kilos of feet. In all it cost me 11,050 dram (about $20).
I drove back to the Mayor�s house, where I dropped off the kids, 10 of the chickens for the Mayor and his family and the feet and vinegar for the wife and mother to pickle for me.
I then drove home and as I was taking the remaining 37 chickens into the house, I could not see where I was walking, since the boxes of chickens were quite large and I didn�t notice a small log that my dog had dragged from the woodpile and stepped on it and twisted my ankle. What was really strange was I felt something was going to happen to me less than a minute before it happened and instead of freezing in my tracks to see what the danger was, in my rush, I kept on moving.
I was not happy at all about this, as I had no ice in the freezer to preventing my foot from swelling and I had cleaning to do before the guests arrived.
I gathered myself and again, picked up the boxed of chickens and made my way into the house.
After putting most of the chickens in the freezer, I kept 3 of them out and wrapped my ankle with these chickens and boy were they cold. After 15 minutes, the chickens seemed to be thawing out and the swelling had gone down quite a bit. I took 2 Advil�s and am now laying in bed with my foot elevated.
I hope my guests are understanding and don�t mind ironing their own bed sheets, as I really can�t take the risk of being off my feet for even one day. I�ve just got too much going on right now.
I forgot to mention yesterday I had a couple of guest from California/Nevada pass threw town yesterday, one being one of the students from CSUN that was with the group that visited me last summer and the guy was her new husband. They invited me to lunch where we talked about what business one can do here that would be helpful to the investor and to the people working in that business. I hope it was interesting and informative for them. I hope that they can realize their dream of one day living and working here.
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