A break!! Finally!

I only have class tomorrow, and then I get 5 days off from school and stress.  I'm so looking forward to it...

Here, the vacation days are not known until the very last minute.  For example, this break that is coming up was rumored to be 4 days up until two weeks ago.  The Islamic calendar is a lunar one, and therefore, the exact dates are not known.  They only ball park dates.  This vacation has something to do with the  holiday of sacrifice.  I've heard that they all go some place and sacrifice a lamb or cow or something.  I hear it's bloody and horrifying, and I'm going to pass.  I still like to pretend the hamburger in the grocery store never used to walk around.  If I spend too much time thinking about killing stuff, then I'm back to boarder line vegetarianism again.

This break, I will be doing a couple things.  First, I am going to Aqaba.  I'm somewhat regretting these plans, mostly, because I'm just so tired!  I really should have planned to do nothing at all so i was totally ready for school next week.  I'm only going overnight, though, so it's not that big of a deal.  After that, my J family will be back from Palestine, so I figure I'll probably just hang out with them.  I have most of all the vocabulary memorized and at the forefront of my mind, but I'll probably still plan on doing a bit of that even still.

Since I am not going to be here in the spring, I've had to plan my last semester at the U.  I only need 6 credits to graduate.  I want full funding, though, since I have all these scholarships that will go to waste, so I'm going to have a fun semester!  I am  taking 2 Arabic classes, but the other classes are easy.  One is digital photography.  Another is a yoga class.  The last one is an outdoor adventure class, where I get to repel.   This will be a really course load; easiest since I started back to school.  It also all happens over 2 days, so 3 days a week I can work.  I also can start volunteering at one of the refugee organizations.  I'm just waiting for Nov. 5th, and then I'll be officially registered.