April in brief

It's been a busy month. Lots of birthdays, holidays, comings, and goings. We moved into a new school. It's a hundred times better than the old. The prime minister came to the "opening ceremony" with his entourage of armed men in Land Cruisers, and a picture of me and him ended up in the Adjara newspaper. There was a solar eclipse. It was very strange because I had no idea that it was going to occur until I was trying to figure out why it was so dark, rubbing my eyes and checking the sky for clouds, when my host mom explained that the moon was in front of the sun. I promptly ran to the shed to grab the welding goggles. It was 95% of total, total in northern Geo. It got very dark and cold and an eerie fog rolled in off the sea. The next weekend, a congressional delegation visited Tbilisi. Some of us met with them and tried to give them an idea of what life in Georgia is like. They took us out for drinks later. Last weekend was Orthodox Easter. Traditions include: dyeing eggs red, eating special cake, visiting relatives' graves on Easter Monday, and, of course, drinking. This weekend will be my birthday, and that means one thing for sure: more drinking. I am well! Ego me bene habeo. I bought a sweet Mac G4 12" Powerbook from Yuta, a volunteer who left (traitor). Here are some pictures from my recent trip to Gori and the cave city of uplitsikhe.