out of the hospital... :)

I'm free from the reins of my first {and hopefully only!} Ukrainian hospital experience.  It was incredibly nice overall, and I was very impressed with how everything was run.  So, what's next?  I'll be on antibiotics for a while, in addition to a cough medicine.  I will be in Kiev a few more days...making sure there's no relapse and getting blood work done on Thursday.  Hung out at the office most of the day and came to my hostel a few hours ago.  Plan on lying pretty low tomorrow here at the hostel where the wifi is a bit better than at PC headquarters :)

A new group of PCVs makes the {incredibly long} journey to Ukraine today!! They will arrive sometime tomorrow...which means that my one year anniversary of being in Ukraine is approaching rather quickly.  I joked with someone in the office today that for my one year anniversary present, I got pneumonia.  I definitely am feeling better, and for that I am super thankful.  There were 4 or 5 days there where I wanted to curl up in a ball and not get up.

In honor of my leaving the hospital, I wore a NEW shirt.  New clothes are not a common experience for a PCV...and my new clothing items were from the good old США (USA)...which made them extra special :)   Right before Valentine's Day, I received a great package in the mail from one of my sweet youth family's in Oklahoma.  Normally, I would post this as a "way-back-Wednesday" post (with old pictures that is), but since I have tomorrow's way-back-Wednesday post almost ready, I decided to go ahead and post this today.

In my American box-o-goodies, was not one, but TWO t-shirts :)  

from the Passion conference (post about Passion here)--thanks Tino :)

an Oklahoma t-shirt from a new boutique in Norman (called Stash, look at the cute bag on the left...)

and because no care package is complete without a box of yellow goodness :)

Thank you, thank you Louy fam :)  and Tino too!  The Louy's are one of the sweetest and funniest family's I know.  And their last name is great because they can make lOUy specialized shirts.  Get it? 

David, Sarah, Lydia, Missy

I met Sarah when she was a tiny little middle schooler on the Boulder mission trip in 2008 and got to hang out with her at church on a regular basis.  I can't believe that she will be a SENIOR next year... :) And just because I love going through old pics... 

Sarah and Lydia--Boulder, Colorado 2008

Rylie, Sarah, Angie, Lydia--Boulder, Colorado 2008

Sarah and Lydia--before I left for the PC

So, thank you Louy fam and Tino for my lovely shirts.  I wore the Oklahoma shirt today for the first time and had lots of people notice it at the PC office!  And, everyone should be extra ready for a doozy of a post tomorrow.  Fair warning :)