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February 9, 2005

Snow Day

You will never believe it but yesterday was a snow day in Amman! I woke up and Mohammad (my host brother) tells me not to take a shower because I don't have class. I must have given him the wierdest look because he makes me go out on the balcony and watch the snow. Sure enough, snow was covering the ground. It was just a light coating but it was enough to cause huge problems. We live on a steep hill so we got to watch cars try to go up and come sliding right back down. I sat all day watching movies and reading my book because they wouldn't let me out of the house.

I am especially glad that I went on Monday and bough a warmer coat. I never though I would need one but now it is really handy. I found a knee length brown wool coat for only 17JD! In February every store is required to have a sale by law so my coat was 50% off. Now all I need is a nice fancy scarf to go with it.

That's another thing. Everyone here dresses up to go into public. My family and I may lounge in our pj's all day in the house, but we have to put on nice pants and sweaters and fancy shoes to go out. I am a slob because I wear jeans and tennis shoes to class. It doesn't really bother me though because I'm going to be stared at anyways no matter what I wear. I just have to deal with it.

Today we have a lecture on Gender Issues in Jordan. I hope it is better than the tribalism one. It was so warm and cozy that I started falling asleep because the guy was so boring. And the stuff he talked about was pretty obvious anyways, or maybe it is just because I have studied it before. Anyways, I hope this one is more interesting.

Tomorrow is a national holiday. It is the Islamic New Year so I do not have Arabic tomorrow. I do have Arabic homework though!

Posted by rcollins at February 9, 2005 6:11 AM

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