Just Some Pictures...

UB At Sunset

Just A Girl and Her Cows

Is This the Main Road Out of Town?  or  We Should've Taken A Left At That Last Yert.

Life Can Get Mundane. Even in Mongolia

I know I need to update this thing, but don’t really have too much to talk about right now.  I have been here for about 3 months and have found my routine.  My work is going well and have, in some ways, found my place here.  I know my way around the city and things don’t really stand out to me as being unusual or too different anymore.  I have a good social network and am meeting a lot of interesting people.  I guess I have found my stride.  While this feels like an accomplishment, it doesn't really lend itself to writing an interesting blog post.  I've actually been feeling a little bit down lately.  No longer is it “Wow look at this, I’m going to work in Mongolia!” Now it is just “Ugggh gotta go to work.” 

This isn't too unusual and have kind of been expecting it.  It seems like anytime I spend an extended period of time overseas the three month mark usually gets me.  Just the natural cycle of things I guess.   

Winter is coming and the temperature is dropping.  I expect this week to be the last week we will have warm temps.  It has been getting chilly in the evenings, but warms up quickly during the day.  This end soon and winter will be upon us.  One volunteer fully expects snow by the end of the month.  We’ll see what happens.  There has been some debate about when the city will turn on the plant that provides heating for the entire city.  When the plant fires up the smog roles in.  YEAHHH COAL!!! Tell me again how coal is clean and I’ll tell you you’re full of shit.  In a few months I’ll have some good pics to show too. 

So I will keep this one short, but I haven’t forgotten about the blog.  I also have a tendency to only write if I feel like I can fill up a page, but maybe I’ll just start putting up some quick posts that don’t take so much time. 

Winter will be here soon and with a whole bunch of new experiences to write about.