Back in the saddle...

So my guests have left and i am alone. This is a good thing, as i can finally finish "Devil in the White City" and catch up on email. I went to school today and, again, someone had died. So I had to go see yet another dead body. I am getting pretty desensitized to this though especially after seeing that guy in the park and going to so many funerals.
I also am going to finally buy a fridge for my apartment today!
hooray!
I have been eating unrefridgerated dairy products all week and so far I've been fine, but it'd be nice if they were a little colder. I eat things here in Georgia in ways I would never dream of eating them in the states. Meat that's been left out for 5 days? No problem! Cheese that has been sitting in a pot of brine for the past 5 weeks...? mmmm mmm good!
You learn exactly how far you can push the envelope before you actually get salmonellia. It is pretty far as I have learned. be warned, however, that if you do get sick it is one of the worst feelings you will ever experience. Thus, you can probably understand my glee at aquiring a new fridge.
My guests (or stumrebi as they are called in georgian--btws, my georgian is suffering since moving out) are concerned about my health for another reason other than my lack of a fridge. I wash my dishes in the bathroom as my kitchen sink does not work. But all my friends told me I was going to get brain worms from the tape worm I would surely develop from my unsanitary conditions. As far as I'm concerned, i could use this supposed tape worm...even at the risk of the brain worm.
hopefully I will get to go to davit gareja this week. Davit gareja is a cave city south of rustavi that was built in the 11th c. it sounds pretty awesome and as a bunch of my friends have visitors from the states right now it seemed like an ideal time to tag along and enjoy the ride.
My plans for this summer are beginning to gel and i'm getting excited. I will be camping...which should be an experience...all summer, and working in a trip to the baltics and turkey. Jill will be coming in July (Jill I love you) and we are going to have a blast.
I'm gonna try to put up pictures again but it may be too slow.
More later.