I am writing from Gaziantep, finally (and am on the laptop of my host, where I cannot find the apostrophe key, so expect some wacky phrasing and orthography). It was not the most pleasant plane trip I have ever taken, unfortunately, although I am dealing with much less jet lag than I anticipated.
There is most of a longer entry written down in my notebook, so I will wait until I can connect my own computer and use contractions and type comfortably before I go into detail about the mild craziness that was my trip here. The most important part: I am safely arrıved in Gaziantep, with both self and belongings intact, and my hosts are being almost ridiculously kind to me. I have this weekend to more or less stitch my brain back together, then I start teaching on Monday, with five hours of evening classes. Tuesday morning, another plane trip (aaaugh), to Ankara for Fulbright orientation; Saturday, back to Antep to start teaching in earnest the followıng Monday.
More when I have apostrophes and easy access to an ı wıth a dot. Goıng to try my hardest to stay up untıl a reasonable bedtıme tonight.
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Congratulations on getting there! We were tracking all your flights and various delays and wondering how the heck you were going to be able to run across JFK in certain exceedingly small amounts of time. We’re all glad to see you made it there in one piece!
Life without apostrophes must be awfully difficult. I hope you can find some soon. Glad you made it there, at any rate. Excellence in travel adventures and the resulting stories is directly proportional to the discomfort and hassle of getting there, so consider your trip a good omen of things to come.
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