Day 54: Tra La La

Today doesn't really feel like today anymore, but I'm going to write about it anyway.

Classes today were somewhat better than yesterday. I was more focused, if in more pain. Laying on the wounds made them feel better, like it was holding things in place, so I thought that wearing normal pants might do the same thing. And I was wrong. And it hurt. But I lived.

It was my first day back in Egyptian, and everyone was very welcoming. I missed the trip to the monastery last weekend, thanks to the surgery, so Ustaaz Immad had bought me a souvenir fan at the gift shop. I love that man. He's just too thoughtful for words.

In Formal we just read and discussed the essay I stayed up writing all of last night. It was worth it though, because the guy who read mine spent the first bit of his presentation about it raving about how it sounded like it was written by an Arab. That was my goal, of course, but it's nice to know I might have achieved it.

After class, we had pizza for lunch. I love pizza day. It's a bit of a celebration around here, and not only because it's on Thursdays. Egyptian pizza isn't like American pizza, but it's the same general idea. Cheese on bread. They just add a lot more. Olives and onions and spices and the like come standard. It's delicious, even if there isn't really any sauce.

And then I went to bed. Because I was exhausted. And slept. But not as long as I wanted to. At eight o'clock or so, some girls decided to start being obnoxiously loud in the hallway. It woke me up, and kept me up, and was just late enough that I didn't even make it to dinner. I was peeved. And now I'm tired again, but not quite tired enough to sleep over my stomach. And I feel like I should be doing homework. Oh well.

I caught Habiba a little while ago and we might watch a movie in a bit. I have a couple good ones with decent sound saved to my computer. It's gonna be a slow night, but at least I have to entire weekend to rest up. And work on projects and study for finals, but I'm trying to not remember that right now.

Oh, and for those who were worried, I think my intestines are almost back to normal. I won't go into details, but it was touch and go there for a while and now everything's back up and running properly. So, there's some good news.