why i love life even though i'm studying arabic all night tonight:

1) tomorrow is my last day of arabic until september and today i finished poli sci
2) after my exam, tomorrow i break my ten-day no ice cream fast!
3) i discovered after seven weeks of being here that you can buy toast in the cafeteria
4) i'm listening to american country music
5) my friends/family sent me like 100,000 emails
6) tomorrow night i'm partying with the marines at the embassy

this weekend i promise to post my 200 pictures from the nile cruise.

also coming this weekend, i have quite a bit to say about my bittersweet departure.