Dearest honeybuns,
That's the prescription I've given myself until I see you again. I know, maybe I'm being too hard on myself, but at the same time I do need to chill out and not take life so seriously!
So nothing out of the ordinary happened waking up and getting on the bus this morning. I helped this one girl in my class practice for her speaking exam in Arabic today on the bus (her pronunciation is really bad, but I try to be patient). When everyone got to class, you could tell that absolutely no one was in a mood to learn Arabic that morning. And to top it all off, instead of reviewing for the exam we have tomorrow, she decided to continue ahead on to the next lesson. What's pretty annoying sometimes is that when we read conversations in our books, there is stuff in them that we won't learn for another few weeks, and lots of new vocab! And she expects us to be able to read it right away. Well, the difficult part about reading the Arabic script is that most of the time they don't show what vowels are where, and stress marking is unpredictable. So, needless to say, we pretty much sucked; at which point I asked her if we could just have a day to go over the conversation again by ourselves because it contained a lot of new info that we didn't know we would be covering today. Luckily, that worked! Aaaand, she even let us out early today, a whole half an hour early! So after that I went to the library and checked my email, read the article for the discussion in Anthropology, and listened to music :) I also ate a falafel at this place called Omda to Go, which is like fast food Middle Eastern food :P It's only 3 pounds, and so it's really cheap and filling. When I got to Anthropology and the class began, the teacher started discussing the reading and applying it to what we are learning, which is Language and Culture. However, she noticed that only two people were contributing out of the 6 people in the class, me and this girl named FaraH. Well, the teacher decided to call on someone else, and we find out that the other four students didn't do the reading! Well, the teacher got pretty P.O.ed, saying that next time a reading isn't completed she will not hold class that day aaand she will create a quiz on the reading that will count towards the final grade :O Lol, luckily I don't have to worry, because I usually have 2 1/2 hours of free time before class to complete the readings, so I never miss one :D
After class I went back to the library for the AC, and as I sat down at a computer I thought to myself, "That was a really bad way to start Stef's morning, and although I am a little angry, I just want to settle this and make sure we are both happy." That's when I decided to text you, when a second later, very serendipitously, you texted me! I kid you not, I read it and I felt like a veil had been lifted off of me. Even a text from you showed me how I know deep down I am being irrational sometimes, and that you are always there to comfort and guide me :D
Well, I left the library around 2:30pm to walk to the bus stop and catch the 3pm bus back to the dorms. I got on one bus, and then everyone had to get off that bus and go on a different one, which was kinda silly. I sat next to Moe today and we talked about the Middle Eastern/Egyptian accent, which was pretty fun. Lol, I fell asleep again on the way home, only for about 15 minutes though. The buses get kind of warm, and after a long day it's pretty much inevitable that I will fall asleep!
When I got back, I bumped into Nathan and Clare, who have recently been looking into renting an apartment here instead of living in the dorms. I was actually going to go out and get lunch, after I had dropped my stuff off, when I bumped into them, and so they invited me along to check out an apartment with them. The one I looked at with them was realllly nice: centrally located to everything nearby, beautiful flooring and walls, nice furniture, AC, all the decorations very modern. And the cool thing for them was it was only 4000 pounds a month, which sounds like a lot, but with two people that's really only about $360 a month. I think they may not do it, because Nathan wants to stay July and August, whereas Clare said something about just July. Anyways, after that we got some food at a local place for really cheap (I got a falafel, ful, and egg combo in a pita, mmmmmm) and then we returned to the dorm. However, originally I had wanted to go out and buy something for someone, and so I snuck away and went out and bought something for someone that they will like, I just know it ;D
When I came back it was around 7ish, and so soon after I received a text from my favorite everything in the whole wide world that I could Skype with her soon :D You really laid a whole bunch of my uneasinesses to rest, something I know I should think about before I freak out :)
After I got off of Skype with you, I went to study for my midterm with that one girl in my class. It went well, we quizzed each other on verbs for a bit, but I didn't feel like I needed to study really, so I went to get dinner at Alex Top's :D I came back and collected my stuff from the study hall and now I'm here :D I miss you so much, and I know that things are probably kind of tough on you, especially with the language and the noise and stuff. But rest easy knowing that soon it will all come natural to you, trust me!
Never ever let someone else make you feel bad about yourself. You have an amazing capacity to fill people's hearts with a joy that spreads warmth and love, baby :) You are always there for others, and even when some people don't deserve it, you are there without judgement or conditions. I am ever more in love with you with every breath I take, and I can't wait to be near you again soon.
I hope your nap went splendidly, and that homework is breezing by. Luckily, at least for me, classes and homework are nice fillers for when we are not exploring and doing awesome things ;)
I love you, honey :)
- - -, sugar bumpkin ;D
!yad yreve ،erom dna erom uoy evol I
Joe
P.S.- I wanted to share this link with you about this pretty cool event/festival thing happening in Rome this July, and I believe it's free too, so definitely check it out!
http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=232882
:D
i love you more and more every day too!!!!
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