A Day in the Life

So randomly this morning I decided y'all might want a look at what an average day around here looks like, although for some of you, it may be TMI. ;) The beauty of each day here is that they are never the same, regardless of planning and scheduling every day brings new opportunities and experiences.

Here's a look at a day in my life:

We adopted a kitten a few months ago. Bnaya still doesn't understand a proper morning greeting or that biting my feet while I'm on my way to make coffee is much more dangerous than biting my foot AFTER the coffee. 

Making a decent cup of coffee is quite a process around here, but we're so thankful to have good grains with which to make it! First, we filter the water (it's not really bad, just has a lot of calcium), then we heat the water in an AMAZING electric water heater thingy, and then we let it roast in the French press. In general, it's very delicious and very much worth the effort!

Today, Beth studied with the tutor, so I attempted to review on my own.  I ended up spending most of my time studying the Word instead, but I did take a picture of our lessons!

My desk window offers a very distracting vista. The Med is in the distance.

Hop in a taxi (this was the only one I remembered to take a picture of, but this is our main mode of transport so we do it a lot!)

Met Beth for lunch at one of the nicer restaurants in town.

Appetizer: Bread + dips (diced tomato dip, mayonnaise, harousa) and olives 

Beth's seafood dish and my delicious lasagna!

We ran a few other errands before English Club at our house. I forgot to take pictures  but we had several girls come today and we had lots of fun! We used these conversation questions to get started with the English practicing.

At 5, we walked to our Arabic class. The sun literally set on our way to class-it gets dark so early here!

Arabic class. I snapped a photo while our teacher stepped out for a moment.

Beth's feet are staying warm during Arabic class - it's nearly cooler inside than out! (Don't tell her I posted this! ;)

Leftovers for dinner: Beth's delicious stew!

Beth was getting all creative in the kitchen making Christmas goodies and I decided to come write to all of you.

So this is an idea of a "typical" day. It's just after 9 pm, we've just finished dinner and will probably try to watch a Christmas movie before turning in, but that's the basics. Today was a really good day, nothing crazy happened but we had lots of good conversations with new friends and that's always our favorite!