Coming home! |
After a looooong time abroad, I'm finally coming home and I couldn't be more exited. For about a year and a half now I've had the "settling" instinct--create a home, get a job and be "stable" for a wh...
Posted by Jennifer on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:25:00 PST |
Myspace sucks |
Or maybe I suck. Ever since I got to Budapest and realized there's wireless EVERYWHERE (even in my apartment. . a faint signal from somewhere--but it's free!), I have become a myspace whore. I s...
Posted by Jennifer on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:08:00 PST |
Wedding!! |
I was married on August 5, 2006 in Pervomaisk, Ukraine. I am an American former Peace Corps Volunteer, and now I am a tourist living with my husband, Alexander Zinchuk, and working a few hours a week ...
Posted by Jennifer on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:29:00 PST |
Less than a week. . . |
Less than a week 'till the big day! I have a big list of things to do and I check them off day by day. We keep ourselves busy planning for what we hope to be a fun, unique and special...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 05:08:00 PST |
the weird world I live in |
If you didn't notice the link on my comments, here's an odd website that, well, represents the strange-ness of Slavic politics. In what world would a president want to "touch a boy like a k...
Posted by Jennifer on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:12:00 PST |
And the paperwork goes on. . . |
Yesterday I returned from a fun day and a half in Kyiv, getting the "Letter of Non-Impediment to Marriage" from the American Embassy and registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sounds d...
Posted by Jennifer on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:26:00 PST |
The countdown begins |
So I've been doing my best to begin wedding planning, seeing as though it's just under 2 months away. Weddings in Ukraine (like much in life) is a sort of last-second affair. You reserve your re...
Posted by Jennifer on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:18:00 PST |
It's gonna be a big year |
I have some more good news to announce: Sasha and I are getting married in August! To many of you this is completely out of no where, but many also expected it. He actually proposed a few months ago, ...
Posted by Jennifer on Mon, 29 May 2006 11:20:00 PST |
Central European University |
So, I finally got word on my grad school of choice yesterday, Central European University (In Budapest, Hungary). I was supposed to hear from them in April, so I had given up all hope. May...
Posted by Jennifer on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:38:00 PST |
A whole different world: Election 2006 |
So, for those of you who have either followed Ukrainian politics or my life, probably heard some stories about the "Orange Revolution" of 2004. Those who don't know anything, basically, when the Ukra...
Posted by Jennifer on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:24:00 PST |
