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Last day in Egypt

So it's my last full day in Egypt, and I went to buy some breakfast. Of course, Egypt just couldn't let me go without being Egypt, so an old man, one of maybe three on the street, starts screaming at me. I turn and he's yelling, "Where are you from? Hey you! What is your name?"

An uncomfortable minute-long discussion of his travels in America followed, and then he invited me to come sit with him for a while. Luckily, I had chores needing attending to, as it is my last day.

And good thing, too.

Some of the few...

...items I've checked off my list of Life Goals:

Climb Mt. Sinai
Get scuba diving license
Scuba dive in Dahab
Go to Siwa and see the oases
Visit religious sites in Israel
Visit Jordan (Petra, specifically)
Successfully complete the year in the Arabic Flagship Program

Small World

I saw Sister Jensen, the old Stake Relief Society President back in Austin, a couple of days ago at Church. In Egypt.

How small of a world is that?

A Sign

I use a battery operated razor by Gillette, it's called the Fusion. I don't know why anyone would use anything else, it's fabulous:



Anyway, last night I noticed that the battery light was blinking. I didn't even know it had a battery light until I saw that. It took a little over a year to use up that battery.

I guess it's time to come home.

Not the hardest test in my life

With my academic partner and her mom praying for me, I think I just passed my Philosophy test.

The really hard test was my Business test last year. I won't publish my score, but if you ask I'll tell you (asking in the comments doesn't count). Man that test was the hardest test I've ever taken in my life. The only reason I didn't get a zero was that there was a section of true or false, and I had to get some right by chance.

One more test to go from about the seven tests and five presentations we've had to give in the last two weeks.

Blech

Guys blowing kisses at me is something I will definitely not miss about Egypt. It's just weird.