This morning started with a job interview in which I was offered the job immediately. Their eagerness caused me to be wary and I told them that I'd think it over. It is easy walking distance, few and flexible hours (25 a week at any time I like), and pays enough for me to live here without spending my savings, so I'm heavily considering it. I then went home and took a delightful little nap. When I awoke (waked up) I decided that it'd be a good day to make dinner for everyone. I then made a list of things and went out and obtained them (getted them). It was the first time Cairo didn't feel overwhelming. It felt small, but I'm sure it was most likely my brain had made a world with imaginary perimeters as a defense mechanism. Either way, I have a vegetable guy, a mobile phone card guy, a kosheri guy, etc and with my few words of Arabic we're able to conduct business and there's no haggling. I love it. So then I went back to the 'flat' (living hole) and made dinner with my friend Yordanka. I made my own tomato sauce for the first time ever and peeled 4 kilos of tomatoes to do it (made her roommate peel 4 kilos of tomatoes). I then made some phenomenal lasagna, thanks to the fresh vegetables and great pasta. I then ate this lasagna with friends and roommates, one of which donated a bottle of red wine to the cause. Another roommate made tea afterwards and I dipped my new favorite cookie, the 'Hob Nob', in betweenst (betwixt) each sip. I then stayed up with my roommates and we discussed (disgust) the finer points of life whilst drinking tea.
Life is as it should be. Simple yet rewarding.
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