Roughly 8 or 9 am: wake up and get ready. Open the metal shutter on my window to let the sun in. Eat a breakfast of eggs or cereal or flatbread on the balcony.
9-11 am: Study on the balcony. Walk to the bakery nearby/clean house. Accomplish random tasks.
11am: Walk to my school with classmates. This takes about forty minutes and involves walking many hills. Recently, a Shepard and his flock took up residence in a grove of trees set in between two apartment buildings near mine. Lots of stray cats. A couple watermelon stands. Dodge traffic. Alternatively take a cab if it's too hot out or I'm short on time.
12:00 pm: Study at school. Walk to the falafel shop across the street for a sandwich.
1 - 5 pm: Classes at Qasid Institute for classical and modern standard Arabic.
5-7 pm: Get food with friends and classmates. Do errands. Eventually get home via taxi.
7-9pm: Homework.
9-12pm: My favorite part of the day if there isn't too much homework. Get together with some friends to the local coffee shop to watch the world cup game. Watching soccer in Jordan is fantastic. The Jordanians get excited about everything. We relax in this outdoor court next to a tiny pool and watch the game which is projected onto a blank wall. The whole area is enclosed by apartment buildings so it feels very private. Also, the kids from our school have developed a rapport with the owners and it's fun to talk with the guys who work there.
12am - 1am: Sit on the balcony with a friend and talk before climbing into bed. Watch the traffic. Almost every night there is a wedding in Jordan, and you can tell because when a wedding party drives by everyone honks their horns in rhythm while they lean out the windows and shout and wave. This happens pretty frequently in the evening.
1am + Sleep.
This is more or less an average day for me, but things vary wildly. One thing I should note is that the weekend here is friday - saturday, not saturday - sunday like in America. So the work week ends on thursday and we go to school on sunday. It takes some getting used to but it's not a huge change.
Alright, I need to go study now. Have a great fourth of July weekend.
ps. Mom! I'm sorry that the internet cut out on our conversation last night! It was not intentional, I love you and Dad and miss you both very much!
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