Morning everyone!
It's –5 degrees Celsius here, my nose almost froze on the way to the store. This morning, for some reason, we were out of electricity for about a minute. Not much, but still, it never happened to me in Zagreb before.
In Dubrovnik, though, a whole different story. There, we'd lose power with every minor storm or stronger wind. About a year ago, during a very tough cold spell, half of the country lost power because a main power line got frozen and broke.
Ah, the fun never stops in the country of Croatia.
I must say, on another matter, that my classes are fun. I don’t know if I’m learning something I didn’t already know (so far), but the stories the man tells are wonderful. Today, we have an unofficial test. I can’t believe it. Already?!
Anyway, I’ve been busy on the other side too, with my volunteer work. We’ve made a brochure for a concert (I’m so proud, it looks so professional!), and yesterday I attended a forum about the problem of violence against woman. It was interesting; one of the female presidential candidates was there and she gave a speech, there were representatives of different NGO’s and representatives of the government board for equality.
This forum made me think about a friend of mine whose husband is, according to all local gossip, beating her. I was thinking what can I do to find out if it’s true and help her, and even if that’s my problem at all. And I really can’t think of anything I can do for her, since she’s half a country away and I haven’t talked to her in four years, but it’s bugging me. I can’t stop having this feeling that somebody ought to do something about it.
The reality of the thing is, I can’t call her on the phone and ‘say, listen, honey, is the gossip true? It is? Get away from him.’ She’d probably not react with enthusiasm. She’s dumped all her friends for that man, none of us have talked to her, by her own demand, for years. She didn’t even tell us she’d gotten married. She’d more likely think I’m butting in here life and that I have no right to do that, than see a friendly advice and a helping hand. So what to do? I really have no idea.
Well, I’m not going to think about such grim things this early in the morning, I’m off to driving school!
Kisses!
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