Stop the Madness!

So, yes apparently the clowns that I saw a couple weeks ago are not a rare occasion...No, I've actually seen them every Saturday from the bus on my way home from teaching English! Yes! Stop it! Turks love a clown! Today we went downtown to shop around and explore our city a bit more and saw another clown on the street.

So, saw the clowns this weekend, #1. event that started the uphill climb...Then Sunday, I got to meet some of one of my MS friends' neighbors. I haven't mentioned them on the blog yet and well, it's high time, eh? They're the V's from good old small town, MS. They have four boys. Remember back to my laundry picture and multiply that by a family of 6! They're pretty awesome. So Mrs. V invited me over to have lunch with their fam after church and talk with some of her Turkish friends. She has friends that come over to talk once a week in English and once a week in Turkish. They turned about to be around my age and were so excited that I had come! Me too! It was great, and I got an invite back from the girls! So, I'm really excited to have two more friends in the making!

Then, Monday, Christine and I went to sign the lease on my apartment!!! It's so great! Yes, I know. Now I am renting an apartment in my new home... in Turkey. Sometimes I just think, 'stop the madness!' Am I really living this life! How amazing! It blew my mind to see Christine talk with the realtor. She was pretty impressive with her Turkish. One day at a time for me. So, I know I can't live there until my roommate comes in April...but to have my own little home again is just sounding good. It's been awhile! I can't wait to have my Turkish and family friends over to the place! The table and tea are already set in my mind!

Today, I went to Mel's house to 'talk' for a couple of hours. We meet on Tuesdays. She told me I was doing better than last week! She also told me that I looked fat in a few of my pictures, so I know she's telling me the absolute truth...no holds barred! I took one of my picture albums with me, so if you're in it...then we probably talked about you today. In Turkish! Next week, we're going out on the town together! (Don't worry, we're going at 10a.m. ! We might shop and have lunch, but it'll be interesting, whatever we do. Mel almost ONLY speak s Turkish...which every now and then causes funny moments at her house, much less with her taking her Turkish learning friend out in public!! She's so brave!

Tonight, C-Love and i had dinner with the Curtis' and then the Yates joined us for 24 night...it was intense. We were rooting for some extra Jack tonight, but Jared had to stand his ground and remind us that we had homework! Back to the real world...and in it, we have Turkish homework!

I guess you're up to date now!