COLD DARK ROOM

[Yvonne G]

I’m sending GOOD VIBES to everyone in the CDR who needs to heal!!
Bad eyes, infections, beat up bodies from bad drivers and shingles!!
Let’s kick this bad Juju!! [emoji1317][emoji123][emoji1317][emoji123]

I know, huh? We haven't had such a bout of poor health here in the CDR in forever. I'm adding my vibes to Kathy's.

I had a moment of panic — I thought for some reason that tomorrow is SATURDAY!!! Still only Friday. Phew. We’ll be all day at daughter’s Russian school on Saturday, as opposed to just half a day, because they’re filming something for her acting class. And on Sunday we’re cleaning a vast nature park in southern Copenhagen as part of a geocaching event. I’ll need to have lots of food in the lunch box for both days.

You're a very active person. Will your daughter be in the film? Cleaning the nature park sounds like fun. If I were the volunteering type, that's something I could really get into.

That’s a place I’ve never heard of, it looks like everyone live in a valley between two enourmous mountains? But how did you end up in turkey? Sorry for all these questions but your story seems interesting but complicated...

Don't worry, we're all enjoying the answers right along with you. It's so interesting learning about our friends who live in other countries.

 

[Cathie G]

Hi Heather. I am fine although I am still struggeling with shingles. That seems to be a never ending story... But I don`t want to complain. My pets are fine. Ma & Mo and the sullies are growing well and the greek dog will get soon a companion ( another young greek dog puppy ). Much work with my animals and in and around the house kept me away.

Oh me oh my. No wonder you haven't been here with us. My poor brother went through shingles.

 

[Yvonne G]

Oh me oh my. No wonder you haven't been here with us. My poor brother went through shingles.

I've never had it, or seen it in person, but the pictures on TV I've seen look like it's terribly painful. I hope you kick it soon, Sabine!

 

[Momof4]

Oh me oh my. No wonder you haven't been here with us. My poor brother went through shingles.

It’s horrible! I’ve had it 3x but only mildly. It wasn’t fun but nothing like those scary commercials you see of a horrible rash.

 

[Cathie G]

I have had surgery on my back, twice, and have rods. Still have trouble with it.

Ahhh...and in your weather it's hard. Heather's rods get cold if she's outside too long so I'm sure yours do also. Cold from the inside out can't be fun.

 

[Maro2Bear]

And......we are back!

Whee....lots of pages in the Room to get caught up on. Sully is happy...and Alpha, (our Betta fish) was swimmmingly happy too.

 

[Cathie G]

It’s horrible! I’ve had it 3x but only mildly. It wasn’t fun but nothing like those scary commercials you see of a horrible rash.

I took one look at my brothers sore starting and put a betadine gauze pad on it. I've never seen anything like that ever. Then I took him to the doctor and they gave him some medicine but...according to their information the shot doesn't work unless you get it within a day or so. He is deaf, can't talk, also developmentally disabled and couldn't really tell me what he was dealing with. The sore didn't develop right away. They gave him the shot anyway but...I still wonder which thing helped more.

 

[Cathie G]

It is confusing. I am not familiar with Carol H. And I did not know that there was a Carol H in the CDR.

I did say wrong. But Cheryl Hills is back...

 

[Kristoff]

That’s a place I’ve never heard of, it looks like everyone live in a valley between two enourmous mountains? But how did you end up in turkey? Sorry for all these questions but your story seems interesting but complicated...

No worries. But it is s bit complicated. I always have a hard time answering the simple question of where I am from. [emoji85]

Kyrgyzstan is a “small”, mountainous country — small compared to its neighbors, Kazakhstan and China (and Russia, although there’s no shared border), but otherwise similar in size to the UK or South Dakota in the US. It’s also small in terms of population — only about 6 million people.

Most people in Kyrgyzstan are Asians, although we have many ethnicities, including Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, German, Uighur... The official language, Kyrgyz, is somewhat similar to Turkish.

I am ethnically Russian and have always spoke Russian, now a minority language.

My husband is Turkish, and we met in the US, so the “family language” is English, although I did learn to speak Turkish fluently. My passport is also Turkish, so you could say I’m technically Turkish. [emoji23]

And we’re currently living in Denmark and planning the big move to Canada. [emoji33][emoji85]

 

[Momof4]

No worries. But it is s bit complicated. I always have a hard time answering the simple question of where I am from. [emoji85]

Kyrgyzstan is a “small”, mountainous country — small compared to its neighbors, Kazakhstan and China (and Russia, although there’s no shared border), but otherwise similar in size to the UK or South Dakota in the US. It’s also small in terms of population — only about 6 million people.

Most people in Kyrgyzstan are Asians, although we have many ethnicities, including Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, German, Uighur... The official language, Kyrgyz, is somewhat similar to Turkish.

I am ethnically Russian and have always spoke Russian, now a minority language.

My husband is Turkish, and we met in the US, so the “family language” is English, although I did learn to speak Turkish fluently. My passport is also Turkish, so you could say I’m technically Turkish. [emoji23]

And we’re currently living in Denmark and planning the big move to Canada. [emoji33][emoji85]

Well, you’re definitely not boring!!

 

[Kristoff]

I know, huh? We haven't had such a bout of poor health here in the CDR in forever. I'm adding my vibes to Kathy's.



You're a very active person. Will your daughter be in the film? Cleaning the nature park sounds like fun. If I were the volunteering type, that's something I could really get into.


Don't worry, we're all enjoying the answers right along with you. It's so interesting learning about our friends who live in other countries.

I am not a naturally active person, but daughter is, and unfortunately, I can’t let her go on her own and do whatever activities in the world she wants — just yet. [emoji24]

They’re making short comedy films for the acting class; fortunately, it’s now once a month, and not every week as it used to be in the first semester. As a reward, they get a mini film festival with the red carpet and occasional trophies. [emoji85]

 

[Kristoff]

Well, you’re definitely not boring!!

And very confused! Wibble

 

[Kristoff]

I know, huh? We haven't had such a bout of poor health here in the CDR in forever. I'm adding my vibes to Kathy's.



You're a very active person. Will your daughter be in the film? Cleaning the nature park sounds like fun. If I were the volunteering type, that's something I could really get into.


Don't worry, we're all enjoying the answers right along with you. It's so interesting learning about our friends who live in other countries.

P.S. Yvonne, who is not the volunteering type, has a tort rescue...

 

[Cathie G]

It's heck to get old and have the body start breaking down. I feel your pain.

Yep me too. What's really interesting is blue light from the sun. My brother has to wear sunglasses too for macular degeneration.

 

[Kristoff]

And......we are back!

Whee....lots of pages in the Room to get caught up on. Sully is happy...and Alpha, (our Betta fish) was swimmmingly happy too.

Welcome back, Mark! Did you remember to bring the kids some treats? [emoji4]

 

[Maro2Bear]

I am not a naturally active person, but daughter is, and unfortunately, I can’t let her go on her own and do whatever activities in the world she wants — just yet. [emoji24]

They’re making short comedy films for the acting class; fortunately, it’s now once a month, and not every week as it used to be in the first semester. As a reward, they get a mini film festival with the red carpet and occasional trophies. [emoji85]

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All kinds of diplomas! Molodets!

 

[CarolM]

He has felt good but the eye looks rough and there’s still lots of snot from the allergy attack. I imagine we will be home again today. It’s not quite 3am here but the dogs woke me up for some reason... Toretto regressed some from night before. I had to put him a mostly in before he quit trying to turn around [emoji35]

Oh shame. Torts can be stubborn but he will get the idea soon. And I hope your son gets better soon. The eye is one of the worst places to have issues. I feel for him.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Welcome back, Mark! Did you remember to bring the kids some treats? [emoji4]

So...

Brought back an alligator head...with some very cool teeth that I hope to make into a necklace to add to my shark tooth; a bag full of small air plants/bromeliads; a 3 foot section of bamboo that we found floating in the Orange River. It’s sprouting a nice new shoot so it’s soaking again. Ogh, and wifey too. Brought her back as well.

Ogh...the big storm thst we had yesterdsy was over on the East Coast/Atlantic side (Ormond Beach) where we were staying for the second week. Gale force winds. Very high waves with rip tides. Weather alerts in place. Soooo, i was pretty far away from @ALDABRAMAN (where it’s always sunny).

 

[CarolM]

Might have been one of those websites/youtube channels that convinced me to get Elsa for my Kristoff -- "so that the poor boy wouldn't be lonely"! Poor Elsa suffered a lot before I learned enough to keep them apart. But I was also secretly hoping for tiny tort babies...

That was also before I knew we'd have to leave Turkey. Would have to smuggle one out of the country if babies happened.

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I absolutely love the faces. [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

No worries. But it is s bit complicated. I always have a hard time answering the simple question of where I am from. [emoji85]

Kyrgyzstan is a “small”, mountainous country — small compared to its neighbors, Kazakhstan and China (and Russia, although there’s no shared border), but otherwise similar in size to the UK or South Dakota in the US. It’s also small in terms of population — only about 6 million people.

Most people in Kyrgyzstan are Asians, although we have many ethnicities, including Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, German, Uighur... The official language, Kyrgyz, is somewhat similar to Turkish.

I am ethnically Russian and have always spoke Russian, now a minority language.

My husband is Turkish, and we met in the US, so the “family language” is English, although I did learn to speak Turkish fluently. My passport is also Turkish, so you could say I’m technically Turkish. [emoji23]

And we’re currently living in Denmark and planning the big move to Canada. [emoji33][emoji85]

I think you are best summed up as an “International Citizen”... or possibly the United Nations

My upbringing is complicated, it’s hard to say where I am from, but at least it is all in the UK!