(Some) Spaghetti Dinner, E.A.P.

June 26 - And speaking of food, I cooked for the family the other day.

Here is the story:

So I was following my Mom's spaghetti sauce recipe, and was in the middle of cutting up tomatoes and herbs when I got a phone call from our warden. She said to get a pen and paper and copy down what she was saying, which consisted of having an Emergency Test and we had to gather our bags and walk to their house for the Emergency Action Plan. The one day I finally got to cook and I had to leave! So I told my sister how to finish the sauce, and it turned out very good, but it was probably enough to serve about three people. I felt bad, this was our dinner and my family has about ten people! So we had the least amount of sauce for all of these noodles and they were thanking me and saying how great it tasted but the noodles sure were hardly sauced at all. It was actually pretty funny how cute everybody was, loving this spaghetti... and it really was good but not nearly enough for all of us... I promised them Mexican for the next time (which will be perfect - melt some of that cheese on a lavash and add some beans, greens, mat-soon - yogurt - rice). Oh and there was no garlic bread but that would have been delicious.

Last night enjoyed the company of my group and the A-15s and A-14s. Definitely looking forward to getting to know more new Americans! There are some hilarious folks in that group! I was crying and my stomach hurt from laughing so hard at some of the stories I heard! Tonight had a really good tutor session with my LCF who is totally awesome. I was pretty tired but I can tell, especially from the last time, that there is a lot of improvement. I am enjoying speaking the language for sure. I love my new friends, Armenian and American. There is always hilarity. In language class, we make up such Armenian jokes as dancing with the dog in the river at 2 AM while making a phone call.

Speaking of the people, did I mention the last village soccer game we had?! It was ridiculous. So the week before we played with so many folks of all ages, and we wanted to play again...so I invited an A-15 to join us and I told my Armenian friends about it. They took it very seriously and apparently have seen this said A-15 (much bigger than them) walking around in Charentsavan. They got their game faces on, bought matching bright yellow jerseys, and met us on the field to play Armenia versus America, did not want the kids to play. Yeah...that about sums up the game. It was great fun to run around of course, but it was no dice. I scored a goal probably by fluke and quick thinking, and the Armenians panicked (I believe about a girl scoring on them) and instantly said "Haykakan hing rop-e" (Armenia five minutes). They continuously had many people joining their team throughout the game. All of this took place while watching the mountains get dark. The mountains always make everything very awesome around here.

I am so tired, today we woke up, went to language, went to Charentsavan for CBD Tech session (met with two NGOs), definitely got ripped off at the post office, came home for a meeting on our (Debbie, Elliott, Mickey and I) business project - which is devising an easy transport system from our town to Charentsavan for local farmers - then to an extra language class. Time to study now and it's late. Luckily Daft Punk will pull me through. Party time/study time with myself. Tomorrow going to town again to help Mari with our village 4th of July party, purchasing phone cards, and posting this blog. Soon enough I will post some interesting stats about this place. I have more letters and many e-mails to write and send! Soon! I am sorry to be so late in reply but it is so wonderful to hear from everybody! Good night!