Categories: phd
Tags: stress, Moldova, Chisinau, fieldwork, holiday
Date: 06 August 2007 09:40:33
This is Romanian for "on leave", and it is what the entire country (or at least the subsection of the country I want to interview) is on at the moment. Very very frustrating! September is going to be bonkers, as I have to catch up with everyone who isn't here now.
Accommodation is currently a bit of an issue for me. The people I'm staying with have family coming over to stay from Italy, so I have to move out tomorrow. There was somewhere lined up for me to stay, but due to some issue that I'm not party to, they can now only have me for a week. The person who arranged it all for me is out of the country till next week. So goodness knows where I'll be next week! It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have so much Stuff - having to pack each week is a right pain! At least because everyone's "in concediu" I'm not moving whilst simultaneously doing lots of interviews, so I suppose that's something, but it's very unsettling. I'm realising that I'm not very good at being dependent on other people, and am much better off living in my own place rather than other people's long-term.
I so need a holiday. 16 sleeps to go.