It's been a while since I've posted anything new, mostly because life has normalized to the point where there simply isn't much to report. A couple small items:
One week ago I was supposed to travel to the Western Desert and visit the Siwa Oasis. The trip was sponsored by Fulbright and fully paid for, but unfortunately I didn't go. I believe a bad ful sandwich is to blame. About an hour after I arrived in Cairo the night before the trip, my stomach decided that it didn't like anything I had consumed in the last 24 hours. Fortunately, the fiancee of my former Arabic prof at AUC is a doctor. He checked me out and gave me a prescription that kicked in fairly quickly. Needless to say, I didn't go on the trip but instead returned to my apartment in Zagazig. Apparently Cairo hates me. Bad news: missed the trip. Good news: I made a full recovery. I think I won't eat anything for 72 hours before the next trip just to be safe. . .
And, thankfully, I now have a full and final teaching schedule. I have a whopping nine class and will be teaching Sunday through Thursday. Fortunately, I won't have to lesson plan for all nine classes because it's basically nine sections of the same class. I will probably have to make minor adjustments for some, but it shouldn't be too bad. And as it turns out, I will indeed have each section for a full hour of conversation. Yesterday was the first day putting the schedule to the test, and both classes showed up on time. I guess next week will be the true stress test to see if all will go according to plan, but for now, things are definitely rolling along here in Zagazig.
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