208. Water

This winter started out very mild, but then it became very cold.  Generally the weather in Moldova is similar to Ohio.  But this year there was multiple days in a row that were below freezing, even down to -20F.  It was so cold that they shut off the 'city water' because they were worried about the pipes freezing.  In February and March we did not have water for 5 weeks, all of our water came from the well in front of our house.

I have never missed water so much.  It was hard to wash cloths and the dishes.

Now, our water has a black tint... I do not know if there are related or if something else is wrong with the water.  I also do not know what made it turn black, but it does not smell different.

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207. Birthday photo

The sheep had finished giving birth and we have a total of four lambs.  I was talking with my host family about how cute there were they are all different colors: red, black, white and gray.  It was getting close to my mother’s birthday, so my host parents suggested that I take a photo with the lambs and send it to my mother to wish her happy birthday.

My host mother said, “Tell your mother that now you have lambs in your arms, but one day you will come home to her with children in your arms.”

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206. Well, you didn't add a scar

I returned back to my village after two weeks of vacationing and the first thing my host dad says after saying hello was, "Well, I see that you didn't injure the other side of your face".

He is referring to the last time I was on vacation when I had an accident and had to get stitches.  My host dad is quite a comedian.

I told my host dad that everyone was scared of me, so I did not get any more stitches or scars.

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205. Pizza in Moldova

I was eating pizza with a Moldovan friend in the capitol the other day.  He asked me, how Moldovan pizzas compare with American pizzas.

I said, "Well, they are both round."

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204. April Fool

Last Sunday morning, which was April 1st, I woke up later morning.  My host mom, like usual, is at the church leading the choir.  My host dad is watching television with his grandson.

When I came into the room my host dad said, "Someone called you on the house phone.  They said your name and then all I heard was English.  It was some young girl, maybe your girlfriend.  You said you were very tired and you have been working a lot, so I decided not to wake you up."

I had recently woken up and was a little groggy.  The first thought that went through my mind was, "Who did I give my home phone number to who cannot speak Romanian or Russian?"  I continued to think about it and watch TV.  I did not really say much else put kept thinking.  Maybe thirty minutes later I got up to leave, my host dad asked, "Where are you going?"  I said, "To check to see if that person also called my cell phone."

My host dad then said, "Do you know what today's date it?"

It then hit me.  He got me good.

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