Been elected  and appointed to  the AUC Senate, am not dancing up and down, but am glad that we shall have the outlet to air our views and issues to the President and  Provost. My reasons for applying and sitting the Senate exam were pretty selfish, maybe not really- just one sided. I only did it so that I could get the issues facing  CMRS  to be heard by the university. Hopefully this will happen, for now am being sent messages and emails of Senate meetings, Face book Senate page and beach parties. Sounds like a good plot for fun, yet am immersed in work. Mike thinks am a hardcore student, I think am not doing enough. I have a take home exam tomorrow, have a reaction paper to  write by tonight, have a  40 page paper for International Humanitarian Law, 30 page paper for Human rights in Africa,  and a 25 page paper for Human rights in the Middle East, all to be done in one month. How the heck do I get work done every semester? can the human mind take all this and stay sane? maybe it just gets stronger.

Catherine and I had dinner at Mike's on Saturday night, he made a Tofu Stir fry and baked Banana cake! It was great to  eat after a long day at the New Campus using the library. Friday , I studied with Bianca, she made me a meal of rice and fish with vegetables, that was tasty! Am so glad I have the best friends in the entire world. There are indeed precious people out here. Jazz night last weekend was fun, there were all these bands playing at the Al Qalaa (Citadel), Nada, April and I went twice in the week. It was fun meeting all the African girls, Kafiya, Nada, April, and Adiba. We laughed so hard, kind of helped on the stress levels.

Its winter!!! Its cold, the temperatures suddenly dropped so low without warning. TIA, change is drastic and mostly surprising. I love the winter in Cairo, it gets easier to study, write and just be. It's even more fun hanging out in the winter. Some would beg to defer, this is because we are different people and so am on day two  of my crazy week!