the universe provides
Jenny, that's a great idea! I was thinking about suggesting that ... probably I'll go to Paris August next year - hopefully I can teach summer school as well. Anyone else want to join us for a few weeks frolicking in France? An apartment? Hell, we get enough folks together we could rent a castle! :-)
I'm still below maximum energy today - walking is quite a strain. Maybe that's because everything in Amman is uphill. Both ways. Went wandering around - trying to find the bus that goes to Petra. After walking well more than a mile (500 meters, my ass) I arrived to find they do not go to Petra. I checked prices for excursions at different places and they're so expensive.
Anyway, long story short, I'm going to the Dead Sea and Madaba and Mt. Nebo (where Moses saw the Promised Land) and Bethany (where Jesus was baptized) tomorrow for a reasonable price in a shared taxi. I had reached the point of not even wanting anymore because of the $$. Maybe Petra will happen the same way.
And I was walking around looking for different things and they often just appeared (such as a place to make phone calls to Africa for a more reasonable price - unfortunately also bad connection, but I still like hearing my sweetie's voice). But then what's funny is that when I caught a ball kicked over a compound wall and threw it back - is that it's a circle. Things are provided for me and I am an instrument of providing for others as well.
I might go to Hashem tonight - only THE best hummus in the entire world. I called Ahmed and Tami and might hook up with them though sounds like Tami's sick. I'm also on a knafe search - none anywhere near here, unfortunately. Though, probably that's good for me. The universe provides, but maybe it's also telling me I've had enough cheese/shredded wheat drenched in sugar syrup for awhile.
What will I be happiest about when I get back to the US? Washing machines. Templo. Cheap calling cards to call Africa more regularly. Lots of things to do that need to be done and don't just feel self-indulgent.
I recently got email from a couple of former students - one thanking me for the GRE prep course I taught last summer (though I doubt the benefit of what I did there) and one from my last year at Sierra - Amanda - who still always insists "ur still my favorite teacher." It's sweet and the timing is great as I look to embark on teaching again.
I'm still below maximum energy today - walking is quite a strain. Maybe that's because everything in Amman is uphill. Both ways. Went wandering around - trying to find the bus that goes to Petra. After walking well more than a mile (500 meters, my ass) I arrived to find they do not go to Petra. I checked prices for excursions at different places and they're so expensive.
Anyway, long story short, I'm going to the Dead Sea and Madaba and Mt. Nebo (where Moses saw the Promised Land) and Bethany (where Jesus was baptized) tomorrow for a reasonable price in a shared taxi. I had reached the point of not even wanting anymore because of the $$. Maybe Petra will happen the same way.
And I was walking around looking for different things and they often just appeared (such as a place to make phone calls to Africa for a more reasonable price - unfortunately also bad connection, but I still like hearing my sweetie's voice). But then what's funny is that when I caught a ball kicked over a compound wall and threw it back - is that it's a circle. Things are provided for me and I am an instrument of providing for others as well.
I might go to Hashem tonight - only THE best hummus in the entire world. I called Ahmed and Tami and might hook up with them though sounds like Tami's sick. I'm also on a knafe search - none anywhere near here, unfortunately. Though, probably that's good for me. The universe provides, but maybe it's also telling me I've had enough cheese/shredded wheat drenched in sugar syrup for awhile.
What will I be happiest about when I get back to the US? Washing machines. Templo. Cheap calling cards to call Africa more regularly. Lots of things to do that need to be done and don't just feel self-indulgent.
I recently got email from a couple of former students - one thanking me for the GRE prep course I taught last summer (though I doubt the benefit of what I did there) and one from my last year at Sierra - Amanda - who still always insists "ur still my favorite teacher." It's sweet and the timing is great as I look to embark on teaching again.
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