Internet at Home!!!!!!!

That's the whole post. But isn't it exciting? Now idea how long this will last, but the next 10 days are full enough of running around like a mad woman, so not having to go to an internet cafe, and being able to look up info I need, is kind of a big deal.

I got in from Osh Sunday night, and by 7 Monday morning I was off to Panfilovka. Today I had class and was supposed to meet with someone from the Ministry of Health Press Center, but she re-scheduled for Monday, which is bad, but gave me time to run some errands. I'm getting tons done, but of course need more time. I always need more time.

Tomorrow is on to a village named Chaldovar in Panfilovskii Raion, where I'll be doing interviews with the Family Group Practice there and some of the locals. Thursday I have to be in Panfilovka (the central village in Panfilovskii) for a meeting with the heads of all the Village Health Committees in the Raion. It's a two hour trip each way,and I have to leave my research assistant there to finish while I get back to Bishkek to do another interview. I'll be working in the city Friday, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, but Tuesday is one last trip out to Panfilovka to go to a meeting of all the GSV (Gruppa Semeinei Brachei, or Family Group Practices) heads for the raion (a raion is like a county).

Right now it's on to lunch with a friend I won't see again, and then at 3 I have a meeting with the head of one of the MinZdrav (Ministry of Health) department heads.

Oh, and some time in here I'm having a "master class" in plov making, getting a haircut, hopefully buying some new glasses, although I kind of spent all this month's money already (the trip to Osh was crazy expensive)and it's the 8th of the month, which is bad, and finishing up this semester of Kyrgyz, which involves a big exam of some sort. Fun!