Spring has NEVER been my favorite time of year. There is Easter of course, and MY BIRTHDAY. But really, its just a big heap of messy weather and stressful students.
I always felt like mother nature used spring as a bit of a tease. Right when we would go out and buy our fancy pale yellow and peppermint colored dresses for Easter and spring break- we would be bombarded with snowfall. Not only that, but everyone's broke from Christmas and cramming for finals. AWESOME month for a birthday. :p
Meanwhile...in EGYPT...mother nature does not f*** around. Its more like, "K...SPRINGS HERE. ABORT LOCUST INVASION. INITIATE EXTREME HEAT.....THE BLOWING KIND!'
I felt like I woke up and just WHAM- heat wave! I went to school in pants and a jacket and emerged drenched in sweat. (this was me and 11 other teachers on the bus. what a "fun" ride home) So, temperatures here are in the mid-thirties and its not even considered 'summer heat' yet. This is great an' all but the locals are warning us to stock up on water as there WILL be shortages. (There was when we first got here. you couldn't order a fountain drink at mcd's or find bottled water for quite some time)
Also, the use of electricity will skyrocket due to the use of air conditioners. This is bound to cause power outages throughout the city (maadi is especially bad for it) so there is a good chance we will not have internet or electricity for a few days. (ie: hard to get ahold of me)
Now that the nightmare of being a student is behind me, I am able to look at spring in another light.
MY BIRTHDAY!
EASTER!
SPRING BREAK!
30+ TEMPERATURES!
HOME STRETCH UNTIL SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMMMMMMMEERRRRRRR!!!!
On that note, we visited our neighbor the other day and I thought of monica because she has 2 adorable Pekingese. BEST part about these guys is that you can tell them apart by one of them ALWAYS having an overbite, and the other one always has his tongue sticking out. SSSOOOOOO cute
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