The Itchy & Scatchy Show.

I forgot to mention that yesterday, I discovered about 7 bug bites between my two feet, one on each arm and one on the back of my leg. I'm assuming they're from Monday night in the desert, so I'm hoping they'll be gone soon. No matter which shoes I wear, they itch, so going barefoot has been my favorite option of late.

Despite my hoping and last-ditch efforts at studying this morning, I didn't do very well on the quiz. I knew a lot of words, but Syonara threw some random questions at me, and I understood her, but I couldn't answer her in Arabic. I kept forming the answers in my head in Italian, since it's sort of a second nature when I'm not speaking English to go right to Italian, but then I would remember that I'm in Arabic class, and that's not really an option. I got most of the picture description down, but I forgot a few things and she crucified me for them. I think, of the entire description, I forgot maybe 4 words of a two-minute description, and she gave me a 6/10. She said that I could re-do it on Monday, but I'm still upset with myself that I forgot things that I had just read a few minutes ago. I'm grasping the basics of the language, but there are some things I'm just struggling with.

Today, otherwise, was pretty lazy. Syonara let us out as soon as we were done with the quizzes, so April and I took a cab back to Flamenco instead of waiting around for an hour for the vans to come. When we got back, I took a mini-nap, watched 12 Monkeys, which I haven't seen in ages, took another nap, and woke up to Grace hanging out in our room. It was nice to see her, and to talk for a little bit, since now that she's living in Longchamps, we don't see each other all that often. We made plans to hang out tonight and I'm excited.

Tomorrow, we're going to Alexandria, and I'm sort of excited. I don't really know what to expect, except a day full of tourism, but it's cool. It's only a day, so it should be nice. I think we're going horseback riding again this weekend, so hopefully that will go better than last time.

I was looking at the calendar today and I didn't realize how little time we have in Cairo left. I feel like, at this point, I've put down roots here, and it's getting really hard to keep establishing myself somewhere and having to move around. I've been traveling between Levittown and Boston so much for the past year, and now living here for two months - I don't really know where home is anymore. I want to stay here for more than another week and a half. I don't want to leave yet.