Day 170

July 8th

Today was a momentous day. I beat minesweeper on expert. It was taken many months of off-and-on efforts, but at last I have beaten that dastardly game. I will probably now waste many more hours trying to make my time somewhat respectable. Nevertheless, mark this day as a day of victory. In other news, I was mistaken for an Egyptian again today. He came up and asked me where some place was, and I A. didn’t quite understand him, and B. had no idea where it was. Then he realized I was a foreigner, and said ahh, enta hawagga, which translates to ahhh, you are a foreigner. I said “right.” Work is progressing slowly because its difficult research stuff. Chris shows up tomorrow and that will be fun, I wonder if he will want to go to Ultimate that night. We will see. I am going to try and take the local bus out there. It should be an adventure.
So today I spent most of my time in the DDC working on my project. I don’t know how much time I will have in the future to work on it, so I tried to get a fair bit done today. However, I still went through the same basic routine. I worked until 6 pm, worked out, and then got some Pizza Hut. I was debating whether or not to eat really cheap or stuff that Chris probably wouldn’t want. I went with the later and got the Pizza Hut. It should be fun to have Chris around if simply to break up the monotony, as monotony and being comfortable in a routine leads to a boring life. I like challenges and different experiences, they keep me growing and as soon as I stop growing, it means I start dying.