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Saturday, May 03, 2008

 
Currently Reading
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development
By James W. Fowler
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SURPRISE VACATION OF FUN AND SLEEPLESSNESS

Six days before 10 days ago I got a phone call from Matt. It went something like this.
Matt: "Anna. Anna. Anna. Anna. Sit down. Wait, no don't sit down. Listen. Anna. I know you can't technically leave the country because you're leaving Moldova soon and it's too late to turn in a vacation request even if you could leave.  Anna. Listen. If you already had permission from your boss, your director, and your boss's boss. Anna. If everything were planned out and all you had to do was get on a bus. Listen. Would you be willing to travel to Romania, Hungary, and Austria. Anna. Also, I have to know today."
Anna: "Yes."

So at 8 pm ten days ago I found myself standing in front of a tour bus swarming with Moldovan youth with Matt and Geoff.  My mission. Keep 7 seniors from doing anything permanent while they competed in the European Festival of Odyssey of the Mind (English critical thinking competition). 

Day 1 and 2
Get on the bus and start driving toward Kecskemet, Hungary.
2am: Stop raucous singing
2:30am: Bus begins to shudder like a possessed magic fingers bed alternating with a feeling similar to running over a railroad tie in a tour bus loaded full with high school students and sleepy peace corps volunteers. Result- drop speed to 25 and keep plodding.
9 am: Railroad tie issue breaks a window in the middle of the bus. *insert screaming high school students here* Driver keeps driving with foot long shards of glass hanging precariously over the people I've sworn to protect. Decision- Make Matt go fix it.
11am-11:30pm- Sit on the mechanic/junk yard side of a small Romanian border town while our bus gets fixed and the driver takes a mandatory break. Frisbee played, books read, cards played.

MORE TO COME.


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