Qen i Mire

WOW...Just read my last blog......as a followup to my last entry...the little dog has been taken care of the "special" way....along with the 10 or so other stray dogs....not the ending I wanted, but I guess the next best thing.

Several weeks ago an NGO and local celebrity, winner of Big Brother Albania last year, rounded up many PC volunteers and other organizations to Promote a Program of Youth Mobilization.
In the last 4 weeks many of my productive hours have been spent rounding up kids and getting to them to go to meetings. 4 maybe 8 depending on the day will represent Lezhe. Next Tuesday is what they call the Grand Event where we will propose to a Committee a volunteer project that the kids decided on and will "organize" and "implement" The kids in Lezhe chose to do a website and video about local castle since it is 600 years old and has great historical significance. The local government has gotten 10s of thousands of $ through grants and taxes for improved access, to do some archaeological diggings, and restoration etc., but so far over the last 20 years they have only built a very poorly maintained dirt road. And suddenly no more money???? and....... No signs, no printed material, no hours of operation. Actually they have them posted but nobody is ever there to open the gate.
Needless to say, that is our project....Not my first choice but we will make it work. Today the kids took their ideas and we will make a presentation of it.....and hopefully Friday we will see how they did....
My other project is writing a grant for a Soccer Tournament for the Blind. The Community for the Blind asked for this funding and money. That activity is taking up the rest of my productive hours...
My non-productive hours some of which consist of learning Adobe PhotoShop and Dreamweaver on my new computer. It is a good thing I can take that home and work in front of a fan.
The rest of my non-productive hours are spent watching movies on video or lots of coffees all day and evening long. Weekends consist of all the above or the beach or travel to other cities.

To my little dog friend with Mange " sweet dreams Qen i Mire"

My office mates are supposedly back from vacation and productivity as gone................way way............heck you know.
I went to a wedding last week. The owner of the Gym got married. In normal Albanian Fashion she did not smile...
Went to Korce last week for Mid service training...and Korce Beer Fest...fun to go, glad I am back.