September 5th. School and the Red Sea

September 5, 2007.

I had my first day of school today! Haha I feel like a little kid since I was so excited. I only had 2 classes today and I scored by starting at 12:30 Since it was the first day of class we just did introductory stuff. So far I like my teachers and I don’t think I’m going to switch classes, but we’ll see. I’m waiting for my teachers to grade my homework and then tell me if I somehow advanced over the summer. That would be nice My schedule is harder than I thought, some days I start at 9:30 and don’t get done until 4:30. I feel like I went back into time and am reliving high school. Oh well I’m learning Arabic and that’s the most important thing.

Over the weekend I went on an ALI trip to the Red Sea. We stayed in El Gounah and I had sooo much fun! I’m not used to being around beaches, oceans, and seas so I had a blast. I went out swimming with a friend to see how far out we could go, and when we turned around we realized we had trouble swimming back!! The current/wave would always suck us backward. So it was 3 steps forward, 2steps back. Good thing I wasn’t too tired! We also went snorkeling, which was another first for me. It was soo cool!! There were lots of different colored fish, and coral and sometimes the water even changed temperatures. I had a great time on the trip, except that I didn’t put enough sunscreen on, so I’m fried! Haha well, in a couple weeks I’ll have an awesome tan

Unfortunately (for you and me) and only have a couple pictures. I couldn’t get my camera to turn on, but now it works so I don’t know what the deal is. At the bottom of the page is a link where you can view the rest of the pictures. I’m planning on borrowing pics from my friends…so you should see more in the future.