I just got back from my frist Name Day party.  We were celebrating the name day <span class="style1">for Ivanka (of Ivan).  More or less it was like any of the parties that I've been to at my landlord's house.  He picked me up--this time on the trolleybus because the weather has been so bad and no one wants to drive. </span>

<span class="style1">It was great.  I spoke the most (bad Bulgarian) I've ever spoken and I had a wonderful time doing it.  I am not sure how I got to lucky to have landlords that include me in their holidays and parties eventhough I speak the Bulgarian of a three year old.  Anyhow, I knew enought to bring flowers and chocolate.  So this got me off to a good start. </span>

<span class="style1">Actually, I brought Anne a violet because the last time I was there I noticed that she has a few in her window and a couple on her plant stand.  I figured that I couldn't go wrong with that and there's something about bring a plant that I like a lot.  It's not going die after a few days--a plant has staying power. </span>

<span class="style1">All of this said, I've got to work on my past and future tense so that I don't have to talk only in the present tense.  It turns out this confuses people when I use the present tense to talk about things that happened in the past.  Go figure. </span>

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