I went and saw "Y Tu Mamá También" Friday night. Wow. I heard it was pretty strong, but I didn't know it'd be like that. All I can say is, if you're gonna go see it, don't see it with your mom. =P 'Cause I know if I did, I'd get a whoopin'! LoL. Anyway...

Afterwards, I hung out in the city. Stayed out 'til after three, I believe. Saw some peeps from school while out. Two of the people I saw, an Arab-American and an Israeli-American were out. They're both atheists and they're very disrespectful to all believers- be they Christian, Muslim or Jewish. Some people just do not know how to act. They're cool otherwise, but once you start messin' with someone's religion, you're way out of line. I guess they just need their asses beat. =) It's funny, the Israeli guy is like so anti-Israeli. That's the one good thing about him. Haha.

And tonight... we celebrated JP's birthday at a Japanese restaurant. We all know how I don't care for Japanese food. But what I ordered was okay. It ain't Vietnamese, but hey- nobody's perfect. =) Then we went to Jillian's. I hadn't been there in ages. Saw some familiar faces. We had some fun. I think I got muscles now from playing HyperBowl. Hehe.

And of course I refused any drinks tonight. No more alcohol for me. Not for a while, at least. =P

Alright. Remind me to not drink since I'm not a drinker - especially on a school night!! Oh, my goodness - I felt horrid throughout the morning! I went with Justin and Tony to a bar lounge and saw some peeps from undergrad there. I rarely drink, so, I guess that's why I suffered/am suffering a hangover. All I had was a Midori Sour (thanks, Jeannie =)), two Cuba Libres, and a Henny on the rocks. Oh, yeah- and Dre got me some mystery drink that he wouldn't tell me what it was. LoL. But I think it had Malibu in it. Then Varian and Dre took me home. Got in around 1:30am. Not too-too late. But just a few hours later, I had a rude awakening...

I vomited a bit before class. Blech. Not a whole lot or anything, but still. Then I had to sit through class with this nauseous feeling. :( But, that's what I get, I guess. =P

But I think I'll go walk with Matt to a local food joint. Peace out

Uh-oh. I think I unknowingly flirted with my teacher today! Well, I didn't think so, but maybe I did? Ha. Anyway...

I've had approximately 14 hours of sleep in the past three nights. What is up with that? I'm the type of person who says she needs at least the average 8 a night. This is not cool. So, I've been drinking a cup of coffee before school. And that's the whole reason I bought the coffee - just in case I had to resort to caffeine as a drug. I was actually thinkin' of stocking up on some alcohol as a sedative for my sleepless nights. LoL. Hey- you gotta do whatcha gotta do! My friend thinks I should go to the doctor's to check out my sleep condition. I dunno if I wanna do all that. But I may go in for a psychiatric evaluation. Pu-wahaha!

Hmm... It's still fairly early. I hope to fall asleep before midnight. See ya!

My weekend wasn't too eventful. But more so than usual. I hung out with some old friends from elementary/middle school and ended up seeing some others from high school and college. One of the guys I saw from high school was someone I never spoke to then. He's cute. =)

Then, Saturday night, I got to see a friend whom I hadn't seen since last year. Belinda and I went into the city to chill a bit. Nobody can resist two Blasian chicks. :Þ I'm jealous of her. She's on her way to Spain right now. Why can't I go to Spain, too?

Speaking of Spain... One of my Spanish internet buddies called me. I love his accent. He doesn't talk like those Spaniards from Madrid or Barcelona, but more like a caribeño. Yum! ;)

After speaking to him for a half hour, I finally watched "Run Lola Run". I liked it. Artsy stuff. I like. Then I watched "Amores Perros" for the second time. I liked it the first time I saw it. I still liked it, but the suspense was all gone since I knew the storyline already.

Anyway... It's 3AM and I'm still awake. Damn weekends. I spent too much of it oversleeping or whatever. Now I'm gonna hafta drink coffee before I head to class and I'm not a coffee-drinker. Oh, well... That's life.

Aww... U.S.A. didn't win the match today. I was hopin' they would. It woulda made history. But anyway...

I finally saw "Tomb Raider" yesterday. It was okay. Not bad. Not good. Just regular. I should go play that game on my ancient PlayStation. I'm not hip on the PlayStation 2, but I heard it was tight. Do they have "Urban Chaos" for PS2?

Did anybody watch Leno last night with Tom Cruise and Natalie Merchant? That 91 year-old Maria was a trip! She had me crackin' up during that whole fruitcake bit. She was showin' Tom and Jay how to make fruitcake and they were puttin' all the ingredients together. She told 'em to dip the nuts in the molasses, and of course Jay started makin' jokes. Maria goes, "and when I say 'nuts', I mean the pecans and almonds." And then they were pouring the mix into bundt pans (you know, the ones with the hole in the center). She told them to stay away from the hole, but of course, they were pouring the stuff in sloppily. Maria goes to Jay something like, "Can't you pass a hole without sticking something in it?" LoL!

Okay. I'm done. I'm bored and stuck in the house. :(

Hot day, isn't it?

Maaann... Did you see who moved on to the next round of "American Idol"? Okay, so Tamyra should have gone on, but they gypped Adriel and Chris!

I'm tryna go some places this summer. I mean, just out. So, if you're not too busy, come take me somewhere! I feel stranded sometimes! Even if it's just to sit in a cafe. My stupid classmates are too worried about school sometimes that they don't wanna relax. =P Shoot, if you kiss the teacher's butt like I do, you won't hafta stress so much! J/k. But I do try to get on his good side. ;)

Hey - I learned a new word: "kissing cousin." I'd always heard the word, never knew what it meant. Wasn't that the name of some Elvis movie? Anyway, this is what it means, according to Merriam-Webster: 1) a person and especially a relative whom one knows well enough to kiss more or less formally upon meeting
2) one that is closely related in kind to something else. Did ya'll already know that?

Okay, time to go. Later!

Rain, rain, go away... I hate rain. At least I'm inside. But it's posta rain tomorrow. Hopefully not while I'm walking to and from school.

Did anybody watch "American Idol" tonight? The first and last singers sang well- the ones from ATL. But I didn't really care for the chick for some reason, even though Simon thinks she's a star. =P But #3: Adriel Herrera. He's cute, so he should win. Oh, and he sings nice, too. :)

Hey- The Powerpuff Girls Movie comes out next month. I don't really watch the show, plus I don't have cable at my apartment... But my girl in Mexico got me liking them. South of the border they're called Las Chicas Superpoderosas. Cute, hunh? =)

Norah Jones will be in town soon. I was thinking of going to check her out. Jeannie or Justin? Ya'll still tryna go?


Well, I think I should go to sleep while studying Arabic. I hate going to bed late when I gotta wake up early. Bye-bye.

Today was a nice day. Too bad I was inside for most of it. Had to visit my friend who just had surgery. Poor baby. She's stuck in the house for a while. That blows.

I had to take public transportation to see her 'cause she's staying at one of our classmates' house (whoa- did I put the apostrophe in the proper place? Somehow that doesn't seem right). Anyways, I hate using public transport for various reasons. But one is 'cause even before Sept. 11, I was paranoid about stuff. While I had to do the whole train, metro, etc. thing to get to my internship last summer, such thoughts crossed my mind. I used to think, due to America's screwy foreign policy, she's putting her citizens at risk for a terrorist attack. D'oh!

But whatever... Hey, Justin- I know you're reading this. ;) Thanks for calling me up today. You know I appreciate the random phone calls. Let's me know you care. Aww! Hehe.

Okay, why am I still awake when I got only about four hours of sleep? I better go. I still got some studying to do as well...

I feel like time's passing by so fast, yet so slow... Does that make sense? Sure it does. No need to explain. =)

I wanna go to sleep now. But I bet if I went to my bed, I'd just be laying there, unable to sleep. But if I sleep now, I'll hafta wake up early to do some more homework. And if I do my homework now, I still won't get to bed early enough. This sucks. When will I ever learn to do my homework ahead of time? Probably never.

What's with Bush giving the CIA the go ahead to pursue more covert operations? Hey, guess what? It's not so covert now, is it? =P But sheesh... the government's already so busy delaying chances for peace in the Middle East, what with they're undying support of our 51st state, which really isn't helping their war on terrorism. Now they wanna overthrow a man they should've gotten rid of ages ago? Too much on the plate. I just hope they don't screw things up more than they already have.

Whatever they end up doing, I hope we don't have to worry too much about BLOWBACK, which we probably will.

OoOoooh! I haven't gotten Happy Meals in ages, but they've got LiLo & Stitch toys right now! I wanna see that movie! Somebody, please take me to see that film when it comes out. And please get me some Happy Meals. =)

Okay, back to my Arabic... Buh-bye!

Wow... what a wasted day. I slept for most of it, then did nothing productive after I woke up. Well, I worked on my webpage for a bit. But I could have spent time at my parents' house, had I known our trip to the amusement park would have postponed 'til next week, then I would have gone home with my sister last night. Sheesh.

I called up my kindergarten teacher tonight. I've kept in touch with her throughout the years. Isn't that funny? Who else still talks to their first educator? We may go out for lunch some time this summer. I also spoke to one of my high school Spanish teachers a few weeks ago. Ms. Nurin. She also likes to hear about how I'm doing. I credit her with being my best Spanish teacher. I learned so much from her. You know, you don't realize sometimes what kind of positive affect people have on you until way after the fact.

So, I slept a long time today. You know why I think I sleep so much when I can? It's 'cause I feel like I have nothing to live for. Sounds pretty pathetic, right? Sure, I've got my responsibilites and what have you; like school and such. But other than that, I don't feel as though I have anything to look forward to. Okay, I'll stop talking about this because I'm sure it doesn't sound right. =P

Well, I'm long overdue for a meal. I need to give my body some nourishment before I die or something. Bye!

Dang... my girl ended up spending Thursday in the hospital. Home girl had to get her appendix removed. That sucks. Habibti, I wish you a speedy recovery!

Well, I went out with my sister and her friend tonight. That's the first time I've gone out with my sister. We went to a club downtown and it was alright. But my sister was right. When she came home, she was like, there are no cute guys around here. There really aren't. Or they're all hiding or something. One of the bartenders was cute. But kinda short. But whatever...

So, how do you reject a guy while being nice and having them get the point. I swear that being nice causes the guy to keep trying. But I know that if I were to be completely truthful, dude would get offended and then I'd end up being called all kinds of bitches. What losers, right? I mean, I'm nice enough to talk to them, even when I don't want to. But what if I just said, I don't want to talk to you? They would get mad. So, I entertain them with answers. But then when it comes to, "Can I call you?" or "If I give you my number, will you call me?" Geez... My answer is usually, "Probably not." So, is that answer so vague? Why can't these non-attractive (physically and/or personality-wise) guys take the hint? =P

Well, I'm tired, so, I'll be heading to bed soon. Good night, e'rybody!

The rain today... This morning it was drizzling when I stepped out my door, but I decided not to run back in for my umbrella. I figured, the rain would be on and off and that I'd run home when it had passed. But unfortunately, it was raining hard enough outside when I was ready to leave school, so I waited. I chit-chatted and went on the net. Then finally, when I had decided to head home, I was "prevented" from leaving.

See, this one cute Lebanese guy (you don't usually think of an Arab as being mixed with black, unless he's from North Africa or something. But apparently, you can also find them in the Levant and the Gulf as well!) that works at the food court called me over. Last fall, he was tryna push up on my Lebanese classmate and whenever I was with her, he didn't "see" me. So, I was like f*ck him. And my friend wasn't feelin' him either. So, anyway, since he acted like he couldn't be friendly towards me, I pretty much ignored him and only would say hi if I had to get food from him. But I didn't act warm towards him or anything, because I only reciprocate that.

So anyways, then one day last semester he got the nerve to ask me why I don't talk to him or whatever. Long story short, we "made up" and agreed to not ignore each other, I guess; to be civil towards one another - which is something I would have preferred from the get-go, but whatever. Back to the main point of all this- dude called me over when I was own my way home and nigga started rappin' to me. LoL. Dude was tryna holla, but the feeling ain't mutual.

Nevertheless, I gave him my time and I shoulda been more straightforward with him. Like, I just shoulda said, no, I ain't tryna know you. 'Cause that's what he said he was tryna do, that he wants to go out with me some time or whatever. Ha. But my dumb tail doesn't know how to be blunt when I should be. I was tryna be nice (believe or not. =)) But whatevaz...

It's still fairly early. I'm bust open my Arabic book and study. Hopefully, I get to sleep before midnight.

Here I am watching "Blind Date". Just got done eating, now I'm full and don't wanna do nothin'. Actually, I never wanna do anything. =P

I attended the taping of CNN's "Crossfire". It was a'ight. It was mildly entertaining, the hosts were amusing. But overall, I think it's kind of a waste of time. Well, I shouldn't judge 'cause I've never really watched the show. But I felt that the discussions didn't really accomplish a whole lot. And the 3 audience questions they picked from the note cards people handed in were stupid! I think they only picked these guys 'cause of they're geographic diversity. Anyway...

I forgot my stupid notebook today. I was more than halfway to the university and it was much too late to turn back, unless I wanted to be late. I was upset because on our syllabus it says no late work. Period. So, I asked my professor before class if I could run back during a break to get it. He said, yeah. Then when breaktime came, he asked me what exactly it was in my notebook and I told him my homework and he said I could turn it in tomorrow. Yay! But I wonder if he'll deduct points or even give me credit. :-O

Look at the time... And I still haven't started my homework. I better get to steppin' because I hate being sleep-deprived. Oh, wait, "elimiDATE" is on. =)

Another hot day... The squirrels on campus were all sprawled out trying to keep cool. My roommate even said she found a bird lying in the road with it's feet up, mouth open, but it wasn't dead. And eventually, it did hop away. ??

I walked by the arcade today and just wanted to go in and play. I used to be an arcade rat back in the 80s. Back in the 80s... I'm old! But the games today are too advanced for me. I can't hang. Heh... I remember I use to play games like Karnov, 1942, Turbo, and Shinobi. Those were the days... =)

Did anybody watch "American Idol" tonight? Dang - Simon's so straightforward, I'd be crying if he talked to me like that. =P But some of those people - goodness, did they really think they had a chance?

I also watched "Desperado" today, with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. I liked it okay. Some of the action scenes weren't very credible. I even said "yeah, right" aloud during one scene (where Antonio's character jumps off the building). But the movie was alright - some action with a little romance mixed in. =)

Well, I'm gonna skee-daddle. I need to organize my notebook. Peace!

It's a warm night, isn't it? I'm inside, in a basement, and it's nearly midnight and I'm hot. Hot and I'll probably be up for another couple of hours trying to sleep. I took a "nap" (by my definition :)) in the afternoon and it ended up lasting twice as long than I had intended. I didn't get much sleep the night before, so I was tired and the heat probably contributed to it.

My life is pretty boring and uneventful, but when it rains, it pours: this week I have the choice of going to Hershey Park with my sister and her friend and whoever else, or going to Kings Dominion with the people in my Master's program. It should be fun. I hope the weather is decent. Maybe I'll get to go to Hershey Park in the near future. I haven't been to that place since I was like 3 or 4. I remember going through the "oven" and the dolphins splashing water on me. And I was wearing this blue dress with some white and those strings that tie at the shoulder (remember those =)) and I probably had a non-matching red t-shirt underneath. LoL.

Well, I guess I should finish my homework and then clean some things around the apartment. I don't want to but it's my turn. =(

I finally bought some groceries. I hadn't bought any for my apartment for over a month. Good thing I have a supply of Ramen noodles in case I should ever be starving! But you get tired of that, so, had to get some "real" food. That would be other processed foods. One of the reasons I neglected to restock my food supply is due to the cost of living in a wealthy area where the sales tax is also higher than where I'm from. I've always been frugal when it comes to spending money I don't have, but I think I've become more of a penny-pincher. I hope I don't spend the rest of my life paying off student loans.

Maybe if I default on the loans and become a fugitive of justice, I, uh... Pretend you didn't hear that. I was, um, just kidding. Yeah, that's it. =)

Well, I think I'll try to get some studying in tonight in case Professor B. decides to give us some pop quiz. I also wanna be prepared for when he drills us in class. Anybody ever listen to the news of Al Jazeera? Well, that's the kind of Arabic I'm learning. Very proper.

I'm gonna go feed my belly. Later! -- ÔíäÇ (These aren't just some funky symbols. If you have your web browser set to Arabic, it spells my name :))

Did ya'll see the Lewis-Tyson fight? I'm glad Tyson lost. I dislike that muthaf*cka. But then hearing Lewis afterwards, I thought he coulda been a little more modest. But whatever.

That was the first time I'd ever watched boxing. I know zilch when it comes to sports, so, I really don't follow 'em. I saw the match at my sister's friend's house. I was surrounded by puertorriqueños. Nothing bad or good about that. I'm just saying... =P

Anyway, we got home and before I went in the house, I just stopped to look at the stars. Does anybody else enjoy stargazing? I wish I had some set-up where I could just recline and stare up at the sky and to just think.

It was a star-lit sky. I just love that. No clouds, just twinkling lights. I coulda sworn that when I was little and used to look at the stars, I would see red, green, and blue. Stars, that is. I just knew I did. I'm not sure if this is a false memory or if at the time I imagined it. Hehe.

O, starry, starry night...

Ouch. My feet hurt. I just got in the house about 30 minutes ago. Went out to eat for Nadine's b-day. Shit was mad expensive, too. They tagged on an 18% gratuity, not to mention the tax here is high, in my opinion. Why did my drink, like half a glass or one cup, cost over 5 bucks? They charged $5.23 for the Malibu and 50 cents for the pineapple juice. So, I'm sure I had less drink than i thought with the ice taking up volume. (And remember the tax and tip added on to the price.) I didn't care too much for the Creole Chicken Sandwich I ordered, but the fries were alright. But anyways...

Then after a while, we headed back to the shisha place I went to the other night. It was crowded and we chilled there for a long time. Saw some familiar faces. But now my feet hurt. My boots weren't made for walking. =P

Okay, someone please explain this to me: I've got a re-run of Leno on and Outkast are performing, right... well, why the hell have they started this funky cross-dressing? What's up with that? I done seen it all. I guess I don't really wanna know. I'm not a fan any how.

Well, I'm gonna go wash my sheets or something now. Doesn't everybody at 4:30am?

How annoying! My stupid friend decided to call me at 11:30pm last night. No one ever calls me. Especially when I'm wide awake in the evenings. But only when I'm mad tired and I finally get to sleep early, that's when people decide to call! Without fail, it seems. And not only did my friend call me, but he thought it would be funny to play on the damn phone. You know how when someone wakes you up and you're still a bit disoriented? Well, I kinda didn't know who it was and this asshole wants to play! Pisses me off 'cause I had to wake up early and he thinks it's funny to act stupid on the phone. Grrr!

Anyway... today's Nadine's birthday and she wants to go out to dinner tonight. Dammit. That means I have to stay in this city, at least until tomorrow. I wanted to go "home-home." Well, I hope the restaurant we end up going to is decent. I don't have a job, so, if I gotta spend anything, I hope it's worth it. I try not to splurge unnecessarily. Gotta save my student loans for travel expenses. =)

Gosh, I have class in an hour. Guess I should get ready because I need to leave my apartment about 20 minutes before 8:30 to get there on time. I'm not feeling very motivated right now. =T I don't feel like getting ready or anything. Well, TGIF, I guess...

I have to be in class in six hours. What am I still doing awake? Damn this insomnia! :-P

I went out to this shisha place tonight with my roommate and some other people, like from school were there. It was okay. Nice to be able to get out, 'cause I usually don't. I wonder if I'd be sleeping right now had I not gone. =T Ah, well...

So my conversation teacher from last school year brought me back a Palestinian kuffiyeh from his trip home to Lebanon. Yay! Actually, he gave me two because I couldn't decide which design I wanted. That was really cool of him. I can't wait to sport them!

Man, Arabic class is CRUCIAL. I'm actually gonna hafta study for this mess! Like, the last two semesters, I did pretty much the bare minimum- assigned homeworks and studying the night before a test or quiz. Basically, not usually spending more than an hour or two with it. But this time around, I think I'll be dedicating a lot more time. Our professor is rather hardcore. When we get things wrong, he expects us to correct our mistakes, writing a word 3 or 5 times, also telling what the word means and what part of speech it is. I'm gonna be beast at Arabic as soon as he's done with us! He gives, like, drills every freakin' day. (Ha- we've only had three sessions so far. I act like it's been more.) But it's cool. It'll force me to learn. My aim is to get to the top of the class. Last school year, I was #2, second only to a chick who's married to a Syrian. That's an unfair advantage. She gets a private tutor at home! I need to get me one. ;) But I know it's all good 'cause except for one other student, I had no previous Arabic instruction and my grades are better than my classmates who've studied it in some capacity prior to the program. Go me!

Well, enough of the boasting. Don't wanna sound too proud. =) I'll end here.

People - I'm hungry. Feed me! Donations will gladly be accepted. :-)

Well, I've completed my 2nd day of summer school Arabic. I can't wait to see where my language skills will be come August. I am so eager to go back to the Middle East and try it out. That's the main reason why I'm studying it now- when I was over there, like in Palestine and Egypt, I wanted to speak to the people in their language. Soon I'll be able to do so. But they might look at me a little funny if I speak the Arabic I'm learning now- Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). MSA is only used like on news broadcasts and in newspapers and such. If I speak it on the street, it'd be like me bustin' out in the Queen's English, sorta. lol. Anyways, once I master MSA, it'll be supposedly easy for me to pick up a dialect since I'll have the basic foundation. I can't wait! Arabs are happy when they find a non-native speaker is learning their language. It's cool stuff. Ya'll should take up Arabic, too. =)

I'm good at going off topic. So, here I go again. Today I'm wearing my blue t-shirt that says: The Great American Beer Company. I like this shirt and I'm not a beer-drinker either. I've actually had it since I was in the 3rd grade. Haha. Seriously! It's the souvenir shirt I picked out from the gift shop when my family went to Busch Gardens and visited the beer factory. When I was younger, I mostly wore the shirt over my bathing suit at the pool. Then I guess it got lost in my dresser and I rediscovered it while I was in college. I'm glad I kept it. It's a nice vintage piece. :)

So I had my first day of summer school. Figures I'd be struck with insomnia the night before. =T I did some studying and then decided to try to sleep. Was in bed for two hours and the not the least bit tired. I ended up just going on the internet right up until the morning came. Then I went to a pointless orientation at 8:30 and then we had our first class. Professor B. rocks! I'm in love with that man. lol. And Kelly and I, because we are so mature, busted out laughing (I'm exaggerating; we giggled/snickered) when he wrote "kock" instead of "knock" on the board. He was just making an example of the futility of the later "k" in such a word as is the final alif in some Arabic words. He made a point alright - I swear that was a freudian slip. ;)

Anyway, here I am again. It's 2AM and I gotta wake up early once more. But I think I'll study some before I attempt sleeping. Maybe I'll watch a movie. Oh- of the bunch of movies I watched these past few weeks, I saw "The Fast and the Furious" and "Rat Race." The only reason to watch the former is for Paul Walker. Hottie! hehe... But the latter film was much better. I was crackin' up with that film. The best parts are with the Pear family - they're the ones with Jon Lovitz and Kathy Najimy as a husband and wife with their two kids. If you've seen it: that's Hitler's harmonica! and PRAIRIE-DOGGIN'! hahaha. Anyway, a little factoid for you- Kathy Najimy, who also played in "Sister Act" does the voice of Peggy on "King of the Hill." She's also Arab-American, like Casey Kasem! Anyway, lemme look over this Arabic verb chart... Ma3a as-salaamah!

Sheesh- look at the time! It's after midnight and I have to be at orientation at 8:30am for my summer school program. And I also want to get some studying in before I walk into the classroom. The professor told us to make sure we kept up with the Arabic or else we'd forget it. He's right 'cause I was looking at a paper I had written and couldn't recognize a verb. I'm gonna go over some vocab until I fall asleep.

My sister's home. I got her from the airport 24 hours ago. We made it without fighting. Although she's 6 years older than me and we're both grown, we still get into it sometimes. I'm talkin' rolling on the ground fighting. LoL. The distance that's separated us for the most part these past several years is probably for the best. I think it's what makes us friends. Sibling rivalry's a bee-yatch.

Anyway, I should crack open my kitaab al-3arabiyyah (lit. book of Arabic). I wanna impress my professor. =)

Man, summer school starts Monday and I've already destroyed my "back-to-normal" sleeping habits! I was sleeping crazy hours, especially after I finished my semester. You know, sleeping during the day and arising only after the sun had set. :) Anyway, I was able to start sleeping not too late after midnight and waking up in the morning, instead of heading to bed at 2pm. Then a few days ago, I don't know what happened, but I messed it all up again. I tell ya, the internet is a factor. If I could only detach myself from the computer long enough to let my body rest. :-P

Anyway, I had to take my mom to the airport this morning. (She went to go visit my sis and her family somewhere in the midwest.) She made me take her at 6 in the morning and her flight didn't leave 'til, like, 9:35AM. So, I talked to her on the phone until she had to board the plane. I finally went to sleep after that 'cause I didn't sleep at all during the night.

My other sister should be touching ground a little before midnight. And I know she'll be happy to be home after having spent too many years stranded on a tropical island. She'd rather be on American soil, for some reason.

So, back to summer school - I'll be spending my entire summer in the classroom. Class every morning (Monday through Friday) at 8:30, for roughly five hours. That's the life of a graduate student who's required to be proficient in Modern Standard Arabic by the time she graduates, having started at the beginner's level. It's all good. I'ma ace that class! I hope...