Not Whiny - I promise

So. After listing a lot of what I hate about being here, I have decided to list some of what I like. Also, having just read up on culture shock, I'm going to try not to romanticize anything, cause apparently that's what people do before crashing into a huge well of depression for four months. whew.
First, I like having like, a pretty full life. It's a little bit like high school, no lie, in that I've got a family I need to phone and let know when I'll be home, and I see most of my friends/people i know when I'm at school, and outside too, but mostly at school, and I don't party at all, and also, I don't talk to boys (except for the ones in the program, and a couple egyptian guys I'm friendly with). whew. But it's cool, because, I've got the family side of things, and the friends side, soon I'll have church, and maybe dance too. And we're going to an orphanage on Friday, which I'm like, wicked excited about. It's pretty much exactly what I would want to do on any given Friday. Like DREAM Friday. But Egyptian style.
Also, Alexandria is a pretty cool mix of country mindset with city stuff. Like there's markets that are just open air, and people are generally really nice and willing to help. But there's so much stuff going on here: concerts, plays, lectures, just tons and tons of stuff.
And I can't really describe what the attitude is like here. It's sort of like stuff is enormously unplanned. At first that drove me crazy. But now I like the fact that I don't need to know exactly what I'm doing and when and where.
Also, the teachers are really cool.
This hasn't really captured what Egypt is like. Like at all. Really. Um, let's see. I don't know if I can describe it. I'll post some pics soon.
love e.