Day 111

Friday May 9^th

Today was a day spent catching up on sleep. After a hectic week of classes and homework, I still hadn’t recovered in the sleep department since my vacation. This means I skipped out on a brunch meal at Lucile’s, the world famous restaurant in Maadi, who according to time magazine has the world’s best burgers. However, because I slept in until like 12, I got a few more hours of sleep and saved about 40 pounds on food. I still have a lot more stuff to catch up on, including blogging and contacts.

After being woken up by John returning from Lucile’s, we went over to McDonalds and graded our exams for Better World, the English teaching program that John Paul got us into. I found this program extremely rewarding. First of all, it gave me an insight into the world of teaching, and made we question if I have the speaking, communication, and leadership skills required to make it in whatever job path I go down. Second, I realized just how lucky I am to be a native speaker of the Lingua Franca of the world. English is the language of business and without out it becomes very difficult to succeed monetarily in life. Living in Egypt continually reminds me how blessed I am. I did win the lottery.

For dinner, we rolled out to Chili’s and enjoyed the bottomless soda and chips. This restaurant is a little nugget of America that I like enjoy and talk with my friends about how awesome America is. After that I went over to the girl’s apartment in Garden City and watched Gilmore girls. Here they were talking about Rory’s application anxiety. This reminded me of the essay’s I had to write for college and made me realize just how crappy they were. I really didn’t know what was going on then. I still don’t think I really get what’s going on; in regards to life or application letters. Considering my recent bout of getting denied at the State Department, which I believe is attributed to my flowery and unspecific essay, I would say I am still a work in progress. I think I starting to find more life direction especially with my work on Green Development at the DDC. However, I still don’t think I really know who I am yet, which I think personal essay’s are all about.