السلام عليكم

Well it's been a few weeks but here I am alive!

I'm all done with classes and whatnot, so basically my summer has begun. So far I've gotten two out of my three grades, both of which were A's, so my semester ended well in that respect. I'm definitely going to need to keep in touch with MT and figure out how exactly I'm going to conduct my research come Fall.

On the job front - until about an hour ago I was unemployed, but I'm now definitely working 20 hrs/week @ GSAS, so I'm very happy. It'll be just enough too supplement money I have, though hopefully I won't have to burn through the other money I had saved for Andorra and also for paying back my parents for the rent deposit.

I've done most of the necessary technical preparations for Andorra - I've gone to the police to get my fingerprints done for the background chec, got the physical (i'm not suffering from any dread diseases, thankfully), now I just need to send in the results. Hopefully Ines will be able to send me some popular Catalan literature to get Catalan-skills working more. What I really should be doing is watching more tv programs - only problem is I HATE starting shows mid-season. I'll be bad enough trying to interpret what everyone is saying, let alone catching up on who the f*** everyone is and what they've been doing.

My summer project is to learn Arabic. I bought some books on Amazon and have started working with the alphabet. It is hottttt, but definitely will take some getting used to. This morning I had a lovely little study session at Starbucks for an hour. I'd like to continue these little sessions - maybe tomorrow I'll try to do the Public Library's outdoor court. It's going to be quite the task, but since I'm likely to go to Egypt next year with my Dad and godmother, it'll be worth it. Plus I have motivation.

In the meantime I must try not to eat myself into obesity. All I can think about is a milkshake right now.