Day 85: November 17

Thought it was worth mentioning that today is Sara and My 40 month anniversary.

Woke up today a half hour late… not much, but I still love my late days. Anywho made my way down to the bus stop and hopped on the 8:30 bus to go to campus. Looked over the vocab and the review sheets in preparation of the formal test.

Got to campus and met up with Henry to quiz each other and do some last minute preparations. However, we eventually had to face the beast… We all took our seats and were handed our test. In my opinion the grammar section was easier this week than in the past, but the vocab was killer. The vocab is all fill in the blank. I know the words that are supposed to go in the blanks, but her sentences are super tricky. Makes it hard to determine which word to use…. Gah!

After the test we went straight into writing exercises. Our professor thinks we are a bit behind in the writing class and has decided to put a larger emphasis on that for the next few weeks. Writing class was pretty typical. We looked over some passages from our Connectors book, reviewed last week’s connector, and learned a new one. This week we are learning how to use the English equivalent of, ‘despite’.

After class I talked to the teacher and requested permission to skip colloquial so I could go fill out visa application before they closed. She agreed that me not getting deported was a good reason to skip.

I walked to the bus and jumped on. The bus didn’t leave till one, but that was fine. I got to Tahriir at two which was plenty early. Walked up to the office and got directed from window to window… it really was like the DMV. Eleven pounds and one hour later I had finished all the paperwork. They told me to come back tomorrow morning and turn in my passport to be processed.

Walked back to the apartment and started working on homework. I don’t have allot of work due tomorrow, but tomorrow night is the big soccer match and I’d like to get stuff done so I can enjoy the match. Spent most of the night reviewing doing homework and studying for my upcoming midterms.

Evan and I grabbed some koshri for dinner and talked to the guys at the tire shop. One of them had offered to buy me a flag the other day so I could properly support Egypt. He knew where to get them so I accepted. He had it with him today… it was enormous and only 30 pounds.

Also gave Sara a call to wish her a happy 40 month anniversary. Went to bed just after midnight.