I'm Not Dead I Swear..

Just busy as hell..

I've accomplished an unspeakable amount this past month in which this blog has been neglected..

Here's a taste:

-Hosting a Global Village Team of eleven wonderful people from Northern Ireland for a couple of weeks. We worked hard and played even harder. Too much fun!

-Running 3-4 miles with stray dogs and chickens every morning at the Comanesti Soccer Stadium

-Making appearances at several BBQ's in gorgeous settings

-Volunteering at the local orphanage

-Washing several loads of laundry in my bathtub.. hey, at least it's not the river!!

-Visiting several Habitat Affiliates all over Romania to help solve problems and increase efficiency.. all while seeing more of this amazing country than most people ever do

-Meeting and making new and exciting friends, including the Richest guy in Moldavia.. He lives in a house equivalent to the Romanian Playboy Mansion repleat with a huge pool, 2 helicopters (isn't 1 enough?) and tons of other toys.. not exactly sure what he does but pretty sure it's illegal

-Taking lots of Romanian Language Lessons

-Frequenting the Disco, Club 69, until the unfortunate and fatal stabbing incident last weekend.. yikes

-Booking a trips to Greece, Poland and Serbia

-Visiting the homes of several Habitat Candidates to help in the selection process and to see just how awful some living situations can be

-Playing tons of tennis on the town's only clay court with my friend Bogdan.. a college student from Bucharest living in Comanesti this summer.. ranked 23rd in all of Romania two years ago.. he's got one hell of a swing.. We pay the purveyor in cheap jugs of beer and he lets us play as long as we want

-Pushing our construction team to get on schedule after being over 1 week behind.. we want these families moved in by x-mas!!

-Experiencing some of the most memorable and touching moments of my entire life.......