Another Entry

So I want sleep in a big big way right now. This'll be a fairly short blog, I'm writing it mostly cause I haven't written anything in what? like...two weeks. oh snaaaap.
I'm happy here still, but I've had some like..."cultural exchanges," I suppose, that have opened my eyes to the fact that while I really like people here, we differ in some fundamental ways. I'm too tired to write about them now, but like, I tend to just take in the good things about people, so it's not really too much of a problem, but like, yeah. another lesson learned. btw, in the beginning of my time here, I was writing a journal entry every day and in it I would write like, all the lessons I learned...a little like, pedantic, I guess, but it shows what I'm gradually realizing more and more the longer I'm here -- that it's about learning a whole lot more than the language.
speaking of learning arabic, my women's rights teacher asked me today how I had gotten so good at arabic so quickly. SCORE.
um, what else? I visited my friend in the countryside for three days this past weekend. It was really fun, we didn't do much, but like, I know her entire family and entire extended family, so it was more about socializing and relaxing. I taught them how to play american card games. I have never seen any group of people more excited about "Go Fish."
This weekend, I'm planning to just stay here since I went to cairo and then my friend's village for the past two weekends, and I'm missing Alexandria a lot. I'm hoping to go to a big souk here and then to the planetarium near the library. I'm like, super excited, because I've wanted to do both these things since coming here. everything will work out, in sha allah.
Also, on a more serious note, I don't know if any of you have seen in the news, but there was a bombing in a big market district in Cairo yesterday. Four people, two Egyptians and two foreigners, were killed, and ten others were wounded. It still is not known who executed the attack or why. We should remember them and their families.
Other stuff...lent begins on Wednesday. I still haven't decided whether to give up all desserts or just the ones in the center that we have class in. I'm sort of leaning toward the center only since I don't really buy dessert snacky type stuff much outside the center anyway. woo religion.
yeah. pretty much everything is fine. I've got to get on internship apps, but other than that, life is pretty chill. time is flying. I can't believe I'm coming home in two and a half months...we've got our spring break in a week and a half. WTF?!?!
so yes. I am doing really well. keep in touch.
love,
e.