After almost five months of applications, I have a job at last! I was coming home regardless, but it is a huge weight off of my shoulders to be coming home to a job. Lori gets a cameo here! She […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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This may be my favorite NoaC comic so far, partly because of all the self-indulgent references I included here. Then again, NoaC itself it pretty self-indulgent, so… I’m not sure how exactly or when this family joke of ‘looking at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My parents came to Egypt! That was quite an experience for them; my mom had never left the USA. But of course, things don’t always go quite according to plan… They got delayed out of Omaha, which meant they barely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So yeah, I have a cleaning lady. Kind of weird for me, but hey, Egypt’s climate does result in a lot of cleaning to do. If you haven’t seen Doonesbury creator Gerry Trudeau’s TV show Alpha House, I highly encourage it.
The last of the Sister Visit series! While I may have gotten acclimated to prices in Alex, I am not normally in touristy areas. I definitely got thrown for several loops as Wendy and I traveled. Thankfully in this case, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wendy and I went out to Hurghada (and Safaga kind of by accident, more on that next week) and went scuba diving in the Red Sea. I did enjoy it, but it’s not something I can see myself making a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, Wendy actually shows up in a Sister Visit comic! About time! ‘Tourist tax’ is not unique to Egypt, I know. But I did learn to play the ‘I live in this country’ card and sometimes that knocked the price […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…