Just couldn't wait to share this -

Thanks to all of you who wished me a happy birthday!  I have to finish updating my fieldnotes, adding in as many details as possible and clearing out some confidential information from my informants, before I share any stories from my fieldwork these past few days.

But I just wanted to say I spent my 21st birthday learning Lithuanian in the morning, eating Lithuanian mushrooms and koldunai, eating dinner out with friends, and going to a folk song and dance festivals.  We went to Soprano (remember that from an earlier post?) and I got an ice cream sundae named Baratonas.  I drank Svyturis...and a pina colada.  

ate!  emily