News in brief

The long-anticipated parliamentary elections finally happened last Saturday. Seems everything went as predicted - the parties that could afford to buy the most votes, won. The observers say that the process went smoothly this year (I assume, as compared to some of the past elections, when the voters were influenced by brutal force.) I am glad it's all over, maybe now the huge pictures of leaders-wanna-be will come off the walls, the bus windows and the TV screens. I am also glad that a very worthy candidate whom I would have supported if I were an Armenian citizen, got into Parliament.

In other news, some areas in the North-East were flooded last week. "One person is dead and five hundred households are severely affected as a result of massive flooding in several villages of Tavush region in north-east Armenia. The four rivers of Tavush overflowed due to thawing of excessive amounts of snow in the mountains after abrupt changes in temperatures this month," - that's from the news.

It has been a very wet spring altogether, with precipitation probably at a record level. As in, it snowed on and off all winter, still snowed several times in April and the beginning of May (!) and now it rains every other day. Considering the other alternative is scorching heat, I would rather have rain and snow, but the flooding wasn't called for at all.


On a more personal note, Vicky got a job again (after more than two months of being unemployed and bored.) We were all taking turns getting sick this month; Roxy just got better after I don't even know what with a sore throat into the bargain, and now Vicky is under the weather again. And the cat is shedding. Must be spring...