The weather today is beautiful. Amazingly, we have had fantastic weather for the past four days. What a lovely way to end the month of August. I spent the early part of this morning composing an e-mail to my youngest sister about information she requested regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. That took up some time so from now on out I will answer such e-mails on my blog. I am not an expert by any means on the situation in the Middle East, but I am sure I have been exposed to more information than most Americans. In my humble opinion, I do feel that most of us as Americans do not really completely understand all the things going on outside of the US. For some of us, we do not know what is going on outside of the county lines! I say that with all respect, as I am one of those county lines citizens. I guess that the internet has made us more mindful that we are now a pluralistic and global society. It would be beneficial for us to learn more about other cultures and their languages, and the same for those societies regarding the US.
I have only a few more days left before I start back to school officially, and I have to complete many small errands before I do so. I am a "to do list" fanatic. I have no idea where I obtained this little affectation, but for sure I live by it. I had my summer to do list made up in March! :) I am at the end of it now, and I am very satisfied!! haha What is so amusing is that I have managed to maintain this little oganizational obsession living here in Egypt. Egypt as a whole, is not organized. It is also indifferent to time. Time, organization, and planning are relatively foreign words for this society. I have found that it is pulsating to its own beat, but if you try to determine the rhythm you find yourself standing exhausted somewhere in the middle of blurred lines and noise. After a lot of frustration and aggravation, I finally realized my limits and boundaries and I have grown to respect them. Perhaps the society as a whole has grown to regard time, organization and planning as trivial. Conceivably, their history has lead this to this conclusion.
As for today, I will go out and join the rest of my fellow citizens in the frenetic chaos of the streets and try to chisel away the last fragments of my "to do list".
Until next time,
A Woman of Egypt