1. As I was telling my BF the story I wrote about the taxi driver, it occurred to me that while I took it as a positive story it didn’t sound as such as I was sharing it. In fact, it just sounded like another one of my crazy taxi ride stories in this country…<sigh>…

…coming home. I walked into my apartment after being gone for nearly three months and questioned if this was really home…. It’s nice to be back, though. I felt happy unpacking and knowing that I don’t have to lug a suitcase around for at least 8 weeks or more. 😀 As I became familiar with…

At last my BF is back (thought he was suppose to be back sooner, but I was mistaken…)!! Before we had left on our separate trips, R and I agreed to celebrate our birthdays using a voucher for my subscribing to The National newspaper, but we ended up waiting until he returned to AD. At…

I was awaken this morning by my awesome parents who called to wish me a Happy Birthday. THANK YOU! 😀 It’s hard to believe I’m 34 today. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in my family for 26 years! It’s hard to believe I’ve still got friends for the same amount of time. Truly,…

So, it’s Day 5 (why do I count days…?) of 10 to be spent in AD before I head back to the States for the summer. I feared being a little bit bored since almost all of my friends have fled the country and my BF will be gone until this weekend. Though I had…

Here’s my progress report – *At last my Jordan trip updates are done – with pics even! 🙂 I was motivated by the fact that I’m going on another trip today and don’t want to confuse them…. *I’ve completed and submitted at least a comprehensible draft of my dissertation proposal so that I can have…

Sometimes I feel lost in this crazy world. I wonder if I’m the one who is going crazy or if just nearly everyone else is that way…? Philosophical topics have been going through my mind of late: – Why do I really have a mental block about going home this summer? *Maybe because it represents…

It’s nearly 1am and I’m still up… The weekend is sadly coming to an end and my 8-hours + naps and 11-hours sleeping sessions this weekend has caused me to forget normal hours, like the fact I must be awake in about 5 hours to mark essays and teach classes… <sigh> Why must the real…

Today I got my second migraine in a month. While this is not really a very big deal, I do not usually get them twice in the same month – rather once a month if at all. Stress has been building up over a number of issues that I’ve been ignoring or avoiding having to…