Today Sara and I have no classes, so she scheduled her interview in Yerevan for this afternoon. The interview is for a 6-week program at University of Indiana this summer. Bloomington has a fantastic education program, and this workshop is specifically for Turkish and Armenian educators. Should be a fascinating endeavor! She is very eager and nervous, and we have been doing practice interviews all week.
It's funny how much better I know world geography than American geography. At first I told her that I would try to visit this summer, hoping Indiana wasn't too long a drive from California. Yeah, well, it's over 2000 miles, so unless I can get a VERY cheap ticket, it's probably not going to happen!
All the same, I am very confident that Sara will make it into the program. The first round was a written application, and only 40 were chosen. Now the interview will decide which 25 will be accepted. With Sara's experience and language skills and frankly lovely personality, I can't imagine anyone better suited. And if I get the chance, I will sing her praises to the interviewer.
I believe we will also try to see a few more Yerevan sites, but that's not a big priority for me. Armenia isn't Yerevan in my eyes. Armenia is the countryside, the mountains, the churches, and wonderful, warm, patriotic, family-oriented, hospitable people. Not fountains and man-made lakes and opera houses and statues. I'll take Sara's kitchen over that any day.
I hope the tailpipe/exhaust doesn't fall off the car again on this trip...!
Fingers crossed!
*When that happened before, I remember thinking, "Well, the good news is that if the back of the car explodes, Sara and Ara have a good chance of making it out alive. Probably the only fatality will be the person in the backseat."
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