My brilliant mornings, days, and nights here are doing their best to erase my memory (not very hard in my case) of the past six dismal months (weather-wise). As I prepare to leave Syktyvkar (in two weeks exactly), I am overwhelmed by the glorious weather, the abundance of May holidays, goodbye parties with students, teachers, and friends, and the anticipation of vacation with my parents and Stephanie. I am bound to only have fond memories of this place. I think Fulbright grant dates need to be changed to December-December, so that when we arrive things can only get better, and when we leave we have a realistic picture in our minds of our experience. Instead of this period of fantastic everything.
One of my many reasons to be extraordinarily happy: matadornetwork.com/abroad/blind-in-russia/