In Which I Make Summer Plans

In May, I once again wrote to say that I was back from the dead and blogging again, and then disappeared for another extended period of time. Somehow, since my return from Greece (which has been a while now) I've really struggled with how to use this blog. I come up with ideas to write about on a regular basis, but somehow they rarely actually make it onto the computer screen. While I was travelling, a blog seemed like a good way to communicate with home and the world, and all of my online writing had a definite theme- travel. But here in the United States, I never quite wrapped my typing fingers around a similiar theme. Although there are many things to say about life in New York City, I never quite made my blog work.
But now I'm back to announce that, on June 25th, things will change. Because on June 25th, I am flying back to Thessaloniki. From there, I will travel to Serbia for two weeks (I will be teaching at a summer workshop for high school students working on their English) and then I take the bus back to Athens, where I will begin several more weeks as, yes, Emily Z in Greece once again. (That's still a terrible name for a blog, but I really liked living it.)
So, here I go again, travelling recklessly off into a region of the world where I don't speak the language and I am totally unprepared for whatever may greet me. (At least, I am totally unprepared for Serbia. Greece and I are well acquainted by now.)It should be pretty interesting. I'll keep you posted. And yes, I mean it this time.
(By the way, Kassandra, I'm glad to hear you have a new friend! Calypso is doing quite well at the moment. She's a little bit crazy, but through some miraculous freak of nature, my sister has actually taught her to sit and wave on command. I didn't even know cats could do that.)