it is currently 10 pm and there is still daylight outside! it also lights up way before my alarm in the morning, which is a bit disheartening...i guess i can't complain compared to those winter days of what seems like 5 hours of sunshine. there really is nothing like the spring time. better take time to enjoy it before the misery of summer heat kicks in!

i have been enjoying my newly functioning oven. today i baked my first from scratch batch of biscuits. like real biscuits. not like the european kind that are actually cookies. i wish i had thought to take a picture before i at them all. i can't say they were very beautiful but they sure were tasty, especially accompanied by delicious strawberry jam. it wasn't hard at all, this whole making things that don't come from a "magic box" or "magic bag" as my friend blanka says. i really think that i will take this experience with me wherever i go and take it to heart that things are just so much better when you put a little more effort and one might say, love, into the equation. yeah well good intentions at least...we'll see how long that lasts, but for now handmade goods by moi are my only choice and i'm loving it. i guess i get that from my nana. if i can get my hands on some molasses i think syrup cake is next on my list ;)

school is coming to a close. though the last day isn't until next week, many students have lost interest in attendance and as a result many of my classes have been cancelled. i really will wonder if school will even exist at all next week or if it will just be as insignificant as my students make it out to be. i have to admit i will miss them over the summer. i already miss my time spent with my crazy 12th graders. (i was fortunate enough to be able to attend their graduation, which i might say is sooo different than what we have going on.)

also as school is reaching its end, so is the service of so many volunteers i have come to known during my time here. the group that arrived before mine is preparing for their departures after a successful 27 months here in romania. they will be missed. it's a sad time, but yet a happy one as they move on to the next part of their journeys. on a side note, it's so crazy to think that i will be right there in a year from now! wow too crazy!

i think i will just enjoy the next two weeks and then find so many things to keep me occupied this summer. i am really looking forward to projects and things i will be involved with. seeing some familiar faces and unfamiliar places, i think will add up to be a great time worthy of a lot of photo ops. so don't you worry there is more to come :)