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7月16日 Summer, ho hum.... I am convinced that the internet is a tool designed to produce immediate addiction, and to prevent us all from engaging in real life. It is ridiculous to email someone that I could call on the phone just as easily. A friend introduced me to "Facebook" about a month ago, and now I could spend all day every day looking up friends and acquaintances from my past. It is actually a bit scary to have such an effective procrastination tool at hand...as if I need any more of those in my life!
Well, we managed to survive the school year. The last month was pretty trying, but we made it! After the students left, Kelvin and I took a short jaunt to Dahab, to join some of our friends and then vacation on our own for a few days. Snorkelling at the Red Sea is a great cure for whatever ails you, and lots of iced-coffees and chocolate shakes make the world a better place. It was great to have a chance to unwind, and to spend some time just soaking up beauty and clean air. And, friends of ours loaned us their car, so we didn't have to have a puke-fest on the local bus. Thank you sooooo much, B & L!!!
After we returned to Cairo, Kelvin kept busy painting the school with a team of parents. Great job, and many thanks to Dem, Debbie, Kim, Samuel, Marie and Nathan. You folks are great, and you were a fantastic help! I ended up spending the majority of that time sorting and entering new library books with a colleague. It was tedious, but we were able to put on the a/c, listen to music, or watch TV. Which got me hooked on yet another procrastination distraction - the new series "Bones." After watching approximately 12 episodes over three days, I was hooked. Thankfully, it is summer and I can afford to veg a bit.
Going Buggy:
Okay, time for a couple more gross Heather stories. Becky, are you reading this?? We have been having some issues in our house with ants. Very common here, especially in the warmer weather. I would rather deal with ants than cockroaches, but they were literally everywhere...in the sinks, my face-towell, etc. The other day I spent fifteen minutes picking ant carcasses out of a cup of rice. Well, I finally got desperate, and sprayed our kitchen and bathroom (yes, the bathroom was just crawling with them...I like to think of ants as clean creatures, but I'm starting to question that...) with the local version of Raid - the kind of stuff that melts critter bodies and I'm sure causes many different types of cancer. The next morning, I went into the bathroom, and the floor was littered with hundreds of little shrivelled ant bodies. That went on for two days (ew, gross!) It looked like a little insect battlefield or cemetary. It makes me shudder to think how many live ants were making their homes there....blech! So, after a couple days of sweeping, I think we're through the worst.
The kitchen wasn't so bad, thankfully. BUT, I was making dinner the other night. I decided to make chilli, and had browned my meat and added veggies, and then added a bunch of hot chilli flakes. Then, I happened to look in the top of the jar. It was black and moving. There were a host of little tiny weevil-like things crawling around on top. (Just thinking about it is making my skin crawl!) Decision time: do I pitch the meat and veggies and start over, or do I try to fish some of the little pests out of the meat? I decided since meat is expensive, I would try to remove as many as I could. So I carried on, and finished the chilli. Second dilemma: do I tell Kelvin or do I just serve it to him, and hope he doesn't notice? I finally have an attack of conscience, and decide to tell him, giving him the chance to choose. End result? He says "I wish you hadn't told me." We both eat weevil-chilli, and no one dies from the experience. Anyone wanna join us for dinner? Chilli on the menu!
Well, I can't think of anything profound to say, which isn't surprising, considering my most recent activities. (I think I've fried a few thousand brain cells...) I lay in bed at night writing wonderful, descriptive and witty entries, and when I actually sit down and write, it all runs out one ear. Oh well. I'll try again later, when I need another excuse to procrastinate!
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