So, I got in late on Wednesday evening and a man from CALES came and picked me up from the airport. Driving through Sana'a was interesting. The car, the car was... well, it kinda reminded me of my dad's truck. huge crack in the windshield along with scratches and dirt that made it nearly impossible to see out of when cars were coming at you, no internal lights so good luck knowing what speed you're going. the headlights basically lit the ground under the car. The driver drove in the middle of the road, directly over the lane-dividing lines. It was an interesting trip, at least.
Thursday morning I talked to the director and got the school stuff settled. I start class Saturday morning. I'm taking individual classes and I haven't decided if that will be better or worse for me. I'm not that great at talking, as I'm sure most of you know, but maybe not being in front of a class will help. Or maybe it will be suck-tastic. I guess I'll find out soon, though I'll try to give it some adjustment time. I am nervous because I haven't spoken or written or done anything with arabic for so so long.
I also walked around the city a bit with Muhammad's son. and then went to the supermarket with another resident. I found 2.25 L of Pepsi (or is it Bebsi?) for 180 R, which is less than 1 USD so it's nice to know I'm never going to have to go through caffeine withdrawal. Though, if that were the problem, I could just drink tea. Thankfully I'll never have to be that desperate. :) I think I will, however go through Dr. Pepper withdrawal. I can probably live with that. Probably.
Thursday I redecorated my room, but when you consider that I have probably one piece of moveable furniture, that's kind of impressive. Not to talk myself up or anything. And then the other door fell off my dresser, so they are going to replace it Saturday. Which means I'll probably end up moving the table back, so it's out of the way.
The shower is nice enough, yay hot water (alleluia/alhamdulilla!). At one point on the plane I thought to myself "dana, how long has it been since you voided?" and at another, i thought " dana, you should go now so you can wait longer, if it's a squatty-potty." and it's totally a squatty-potty. which i am slowly mastering. i hope.
So, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to find a church/gathering before tomorrow (Friday is the Holy day in Islam, and since it's also weekend, Churches in the middle east hold their Sunday Mass on Friday (and subsequently lenten Friday abstinence is on Wednesday) I hope to find something by Pentecost.
One last thing, I live pretty close to several mosques, and around prayer time they all start their own call to prayer. I have yet to decide if I like the mix. I probably will decide to like it.
Now that I have given you the nitty-gritty details on my every waking moment (i did leave out some nice details about de/rehydrating + sqatty/potty), I will leave you. Hopefully a) my life becomes more interesting and b) i find stuff to do other than tell you every last detail. I'm sure it will once I begin my classes.
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