Summer Routine.

I thought that I would go ahead and comment on the daily life of a newly enrolled Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan.  After a few weeks of settling in my host family home and frantically stalking people to sign my paperwork....I would say that I do not live an exciting existence right now.  Don't get me wrong - I am very content.  Basically I sleep 10 hours.....eat a deep fried breakfast.....go out for a few hours....come back and drink 100 cups of coffee....read....listen to music....read....coffee....ipod....make visuals for school lessons in the fall.....nap....text 83 messages to people.....day dream.....talk with my host family.....read.....coffee....cookies....deep fried supper....cookies....coffee.  I think you catch my drift.  My productivity level feels below measurability.  After the rapid pace of a frantic preservice training I feel that I have smacked face first into a brick wall of village life. 

One goal of the summer is to find the art scene in Kazakhstan.  This will be a challenge.....because provocative things are not necessarily supported.  I am hoping to find an art supply store, a university / school that teaches art, working Kazakhstani artists, and some galleries of contemporary work.  This prep work will hopefully lay the ground work for some exciting future project ideas that I have! 

Kazakhstan Fun Fact: 
People here LOVE to eat sunflower seeds.