The 2nd 4th

I know I've already stated that it's been a year since first coming here to Georgia like 13 times...but when realizing this is the second 4th of July spent in this country it still surprises me.

It was a great Independence Day weekend though. I made it a point to stuff my face with some classic McDonalds burgers and freedom fries in the morning, then sluggishly make my way over to play softball with some friends who have been setting up games on the weekends to play a team of Georgian girls. The girls are on an official team and wanted practice games to prepare for an upcoming tournament...even though they are in the age range of 12 - 18 years, they were extremely good and we barely won we crushed them...no big deal.

Afterwards, we celebrated with some fried chicken, beer pong, and a night of dancing. BUT! To top off the weekend, Peace Corps invited us to go to the swanky Tbilisi Marriott to hear (and hopefully meet) Hillary Clinton who has been traveling to the Caucasus countries the past week. Sure enough, after quite a long wait (which was done in an air conditioned room...I'm not complaining) she showed up, gave a small 5 minute 'thank you' speech for everyone who has served overseas, yadda yadda. Then, walked around the room to shake hands with anyone who could push their way through. Luckily for me, I towered over everyone else and had a handlebar moustache...so I kinda stood out from everyone else which actually worked, because she looked right at me with a strange eyebrow raised glance, said hello and shook my hand. Pretty cool.

That's my goofy head in the background

Besides not having any fireworks and actually being IN America, I'd say this weekend would be pretty hard to beat for a successful 4th.

Now...if I could only remember where all these states belong, I could truly be proud to be an American. Man, I guess I have been living here for too long.

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