I got up at 8:30am and proceeded to stay in bed until 9:00am in order to work up the proper amount of motivation. I roll out of bed and start filtering the water I boiled the night before. I still have no running water in my apartment. Which leads me to my next task. The only year-round 24 hour running water in Quba is a spring or "bulag" about 10 blocks and 146 steps away from my apartment. One-way. So I strap on my backpack with empty bottles in it and start the walk to water. I fill up about 9 liters of water from here:
Then put them back into my backpack and head up the 146 stairs, which, today are covered in ice.
I then walke dthe ten blocks back to my apartment past the saddest park in Azerbaijan.
I then boiled a pot of water so I could take half a shower, got dressed, and came to "my office" a few blocks away. The rest of my day consists of buying food, typing e-mails, reviewing a budget and making receipts, then making pizza and hanging out on my balcony despite the cold weather.
