I'm already on vacation

So I leave for the U.S. in about a week and a half. From now until then, I have decided that all my activities will be directly related to either (1) preparing to go home, or (2) relaxing. Ahhh.

Last weekend, I went to visit my host family in Zrnovci, a.k.a. the willage. My host mother, Verche, gave me a lesson in familial relations. I drew a family tree, including the new Ehalt branch, and she told me who will be what to whom. This is much more complicated in Macedonian than in English. For example, Rachel (sister-in-law-to-be) will be my snaa but I will be her zolva. Rebecca (Rachel's sister) will be Scott's shurnajka, and Scott will be her zet. Rachel's mother and father will be Scott's baba and dedo, but my mother and father will be Rachel's svekrva and svekor. And don't get me started on aunts and uncles! (There are three words for aunt and three for uncle, depending on whether the relation is the sibling of your mother, sibling of your father, or a spouse of a sibling.)