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Sunday, June 26, 2005
A Letter Home
A letter to my girlfriend whom I miss dearly. Have you ever been 7,000 miles from a loved one? I'm trying to do my best with it. Often I feel as though joining the Peace Corps is both the best and worst thing that I have ever done. Contradictory, yes. But maybe you'll get my point after reading this
Hey Beautiful,
It's good to hear what you're up to. The twins are lucky to be with you in class this summer. Luckily, I'm quite far from the desert in Sukhbataar. However, the dust storms kick up sometimes and you can hardly see. The drive down to Ulaanbaatar (UB) yesterday was pretty cool. The trains were out due to work on the rails, so we took a long sweaty drive in a van. The whole trip was lined by green rolling hills on both sides.
We went to the Detroit American Bar last night. It was a great time. I wish you could have seen it. It's right beneath the BD's Mongolian BBQ, which is the first American chain restaurant in this country. I couldn't believe how comforting it was to see Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings stuff on the walls. There were even some license plates on the walls. A Mongolian girl sang American covers. She was very talented. There were a bunch of English speakers there, and I've gotten to hang out with a bunch of people that we haven't seen since orientation. Even though that was only two weeks ago, we've all been fairly stressed with language class and adjusting to our families.
I think you'd like visiting UB. There are a lot of Americans working in this city. Opportunities abound for native English speakers, especially those with knowledge of Mongolian. There are a lot of Peace Corps Volunteers who work here after their service is done.
I didn't have a chance to buy a phone card today. Every time that we were at a place no one could give me a solid answer on where I could use it or what to buy. However, I am not going to leave without buying a cell phone, and I am not going to do anything on Tuesday morning until after I have a phone card and call you.
I mistakenly told you the time difference was 15 hours, when it should be 12. So, if I call you between 9 and 11 on Tuesday morning, it should be between 9 and 11 on Monday night for you. Since our leave for UB was very rushed due to the travel change, I had no time to change my clothes, shower or pack properly. I left your phone number at my house. I remember it close, but not exactly. The perils of using my cell phone at home too much. I'm going to call my parents first to say hello and get your number. If you get a chance, call them to make sure that they have the right number and area code. And, perhaps you could let them know that I'll be calling. I think that someone should be home at that time. If for some reason both of them are going to be gone, please see if they'll let you come over to take the call on Monday night.
Missing you more as absence makes my heart grow far more fond of you.
Love,
chris
Hey Beautiful,
It's good to hear what you're up to. The twins are lucky to be with you in class this summer. Luckily, I'm quite far from the desert in Sukhbataar. However, the dust storms kick up sometimes and you can hardly see. The drive down to Ulaanbaatar (UB) yesterday was pretty cool. The trains were out due to work on the rails, so we took a long sweaty drive in a van. The whole trip was lined by green rolling hills on both sides.
We went to the Detroit American Bar last night. It was a great time. I wish you could have seen it. It's right beneath the BD's Mongolian BBQ, which is the first American chain restaurant in this country. I couldn't believe how comforting it was to see Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings stuff on the walls. There were even some license plates on the walls. A Mongolian girl sang American covers. She was very talented. There were a bunch of English speakers there, and I've gotten to hang out with a bunch of people that we haven't seen since orientation. Even though that was only two weeks ago, we've all been fairly stressed with language class and adjusting to our families.
I think you'd like visiting UB. There are a lot of Americans working in this city. Opportunities abound for native English speakers, especially those with knowledge of Mongolian. There are a lot of Peace Corps Volunteers who work here after their service is done.
I didn't have a chance to buy a phone card today. Every time that we were at a place no one could give me a solid answer on where I could use it or what to buy. However, I am not going to leave without buying a cell phone, and I am not going to do anything on Tuesday morning until after I have a phone card and call you.
I mistakenly told you the time difference was 15 hours, when it should be 12. So, if I call you between 9 and 11 on Tuesday morning, it should be between 9 and 11 on Monday night for you. Since our leave for UB was very rushed due to the travel change, I had no time to change my clothes, shower or pack properly. I left your phone number at my house. I remember it close, but not exactly. The perils of using my cell phone at home too much. I'm going to call my parents first to say hello and get your number. If you get a chance, call them to make sure that they have the right number and area code. And, perhaps you could let them know that I'll be calling. I think that someone should be home at that time. If for some reason both of them are going to be gone, please see if they'll let you come over to take the call on Monday night.
Missing you more as absence makes my heart grow far more fond of you.
Love,
chris
Posted by: William Craft / 10:03 AM 
