Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest nation in the world, about the size of Western Europe. It's major cities are Astana (capital, June 1998), Almaty (former capital), Karaganda, and Shymkent. Kazakhstan is a bilingual country. Kazakh language has the status of the "state" language, while Russian is declared the "official" language. Russian is used routinely in business; 64.4% of population speaks the Kazakh language. The government is a Republic(with a very strong presidency) that declared independence from the Soviet Union on December 16, 1991. One of the most commonly eaten meats is horse.
Kazakhstan is also the place that David has been hanging out for the past two weeks. Two long lonely weeks. I have a hard time blogging when David is gone, although i'm not sure why. So that is why this blog has been so neglected lately. David was in Almaty for the majority of the time and really enjoyed his visit. People have been asking me, "What does your husband DO that would take him so far from home?" My answer: He's an accountant. What happened to accountants being your stereotypical boring job? Who knows.
I was a pretty lousy sport about the whole thing up until David left. I didn't like to talk or even think about it. However, even though Kazakh time is 13 hours ahead of Utah time - we were lucky enough to be able to skype and email regularly. (He would just be getting back from dinner when I was starting school, and I would be getting ready to go to bed when he was getting up for work.) For that, I will be forever grateful!I even got to talk to him a couple of times while he was in Germany - playing the part of a tourist for a day or so. It was an awesome experience for him - and even though I missed him, i'm glad he got such a great opportunity. I will have to convince him to blog about his trip, because he has lots of pictures and funny stories and I just would love to have it documented on our blog.
Anyway, I picked David up from the airport last night around 11 (after several delays with his flight from San Fransisco) and I couldn't have been more excited and happy! Now just today and tomorrow of school and then it will be Thanksgiving break! I seriously can't wait. I've never been more excited for Thanksgiving in my whole life. Never ever.
Happy Monday everyone!
2 comments:
Two weeks without your husband?? Holy smokes! I wouldn't make it :) Happy Thanksgiving Shantel!
It's still crazy to me that he goes to Kazakhstan!
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