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Aug 24, 2010, 4:21 pm
What would you do if you suddenly only had a little over a week left in Cairo, Egypt? Where would you go? What would you want to see?
Most people we know that left had a final photo shoot by the pyramids, and visited the Khan for a bit of departure shopping, Coptic Cairo, or other favorite sites o... Comment - Like
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Aug 23, 2010, 1:18 pm
For two weeks in July, we were in Greece on holiday, enjoying time together as a family, relaxing. Towards the end of our trip we made a decision that set our entire world spinning at 100 mph. We decided to turn down the offer AUC had made us to stay on another year, and to accept AUB’s offer of a... Comment - Like
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Aug 3, 2010, 1:09 pm
I’m sitting here at home, by the dinner table with my cup of tea in the late morning, washer running, and it feels good to be back home. For well over a month now, we’ve been packing, unpacking or traveling. Last night we finally flew in from Athens after ten wonderful, amazing, exhausting, and ... Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2010, 4:57 pm
It has been a long time since my last blog, but I have good excuses. We didn't really have any good internet in Sweden, and when we got back to Cairo, we practically just washed all our clothes, repacked, and left for the airport again.
I won’t be able to post any pictures until we get back to Cai... Comment - Like
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Jun 21, 2010, 8:37 am
This past academic year was supposed to be our last in Cairo, Egypt. The current job market, however, is very tight, and despite a large amount of job applications - anything from one-year teaching positions in Idaho, to tenure track positions at ivy-league schools across the world – we got nowher... Comment - Like
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Jun 13, 2010, 7:35 am
It’s not the worst cold I’ve ever had, but also not light enough that I can just ignore it. Apart from the runny nose, slight fever and scratchy throat, my sinuses especially, hurt, and my glands are swollen. Most of all, I’m tired. But it can’t be helped; although Courtney – who is trying... Comment - Like
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Jun 12, 2010, 10:36 am
After about a year and a little more of haven pleasures, I was told today at the Maadi House that I’m having the last bottle of Leffe Blond. It is a sad thing, and let me tell you why.
I didn’t even like beer when I came to Belgium in the mid-90’s, but 11 years of residence in the world of bee... Comment - Like
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Jun 9, 2010, 4:45 am
Last night, late, I was running downstairs with my laptop to call my friend in Boston on Skype, when suddenly the computer slipped out of my hands and fell to the floor. Crash! “Holy Mary!” What a devastation! I really had no hope. Surely, a laptop cannot take that kind of a blow? Especially sin... Comment - Like
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Jun 8, 2010, 4:48 am
...your blog posts are a week apart, and mainly consist of pictures.
I don’t really leave my kids with baby sitters, they don’t leave the house for school, and I don’t have anything particular that I do outside of the house, so I don’t spend a lot of time away from them. When Courtney is h... Comment - Like
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Jun 1, 2010, 12:14 pm
Courtney came home with a new camera from Italy. It's a much more advanced Canon than we've ever had, and it took me a while to figure out how to make sure Abraham wasn't a big blur in all the pictures. Eventually I hit the right setting: "party mode." That's what it's called. If people are in your ... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2010, 12:59 pm
Courtney left for Pisa on Thursday night. We very rarely travel without each other, so in a way it’s unsettling not to have him here. Mainly though it’s nice to be apart a bit; not because we need a break or anything, but because I think it’s nice to miss each other a bit, and I get a bit of e... Comment - Like
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May 23, 2010, 3:02 am
The boys had their last game of the season this weekend; it was a great game and fun party afterwards. Too bad Coach Courtney, who's in Pisa for the International Kant Conference, had to miss it. Comment - Like
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May 20, 2010, 6:31 am
This morning I made oatmeal porridge and boiled eggs for breakfast. We eat this fairly often, and everyone likes their eggs soft boiled. They’re always freshly purchased, because we go through them so fast.
I didn’t get much sleep last night; the boys didn’t sleep well, my mind wouldn’t s... Comment - Like
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May 18, 2010, 3:28 am
Yesterday I took the boys to the AUC campus. Abraham needed to see the pediatrician for his shots, so we all went in with Courtney on the bus. After dropping him off at his office, we ran a couple of errands and then we went to Subway for lunch. After lunch we walked over to the bookstore, then caug... Comment - Like
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May 16, 2010, 3:45 am
After we got rid of lice a couple of weeks ago, they came right back. This time we caught it early enough though, that there were no nits. Only a couple of bugs jumping around on the boys' scalps. Nonetheless, I went though the entire process again, of washing everything, and combing through the boy... Comment - Like
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May 13, 2010, 6:24 am
We made one attempt at a beach holiday earlier this semester, with our good friends who have lived in Egypt for almost two decades, but it wasn’t a great success. Courtney & I spent most of the time bickering about stupid things, and neither one of us could relax and enjoy ourselves. We both concl... Comment - Like
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May 11, 2010, 6:42 am
So many things keep happening, I can’t keep up with the blogging the way I would like to. Here are some random things that have occupied my mind and body recently:
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My friend in Boston had a baby girl. It was a long, long wait, and we’re so happy for them. Incidentally, she was born while ... Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2010, 5:59 pm
Last year I posted this brief birth story about William’s birth seven years ago. I can’t believe how quickly this boy has grown. He really isn’t little anymore; for starters, he weighs 22 more pounds than August (!) and there’s nothing he can’t do by himself, including tie his shoes, make ... Comment - Like
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Apr 27, 2010, 9:40 am
Abraham's hair is getting long, but I really don't want to cut it. It's so soft, like kitty hair. He looks funny after naps though. Here, he's sporting a bit of a Donald Trump look. What do you think; time for a haircut of not? Comment - Like
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Apr 26, 2010, 9:56 am
This long weekend (Sinai Liberation Day) we went on a trip organized by the university to the Sinai. We stayed in Dahab for two nights, and visited St, Catherine’s monastery, climbed Mount Sinai, and snorkeled in the Red Sea.
The bus ride was close to unbearable. It took us nearly ten hours to g... Comment - Like
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Apr 19, 2010, 9:39 am
Today, somebody came to look at our apartment, pending a move at the beginning of next semester. It made our leaving Egypt a lot more real than has all the talk about it lately.
Although our contract was originally for three years only, since the academic job market is so bad this year (less than... Comment - Like
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Apr 18, 2010, 9:35 am
With the help of our neighbors and friends, Courtney organized a very nice birthday for me. In the morning he coached the boys and their baseball team the Red Sox through yet another victorious game. I made lasagna for lunch, and in the afternoon our neighbors’ teenage daughter took all the kids t... Comment - Like
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Apr 16, 2010, 11:47 am
It’s that time of the year: I’m getting older, and even though that happens every day, once a year it gets a little more obvious, when my actual age changes. Is it normal to reflect upon your life and your choices when it’s your birthday?
There are things I wish I had done differently. I wish... Comment - Like
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Apr 10, 2010, 4:33 pm
Apparently, the day before yesterday, a man climbed to the top of the Chefre pyramid in Giza. For those of you who just read 'Flaubert in Egypt', or are not sure; that's just not allowed any more. Here's a video and the story about what happened. Crazy! Comment - Like
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Apr 10, 2010, 2:46 pm
I can’t believe it has been two weeks since I wrote my last blog post. We’ve been so busy, but I didn’t realized that it has been so long. Usually we’ll have a few really busy days, but then there’s an opportunity to regroup and regain; this time it has just been going and going for two we... Comment - Like
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Mar 28, 2010, 6:55 am
The other day we were at the tennis court, playing with a couple - friends of ours. Abraham is very good about sitting in his stroller in the shade, playing or snacking, while we play tennis for about an hour. If we go longer, he will -patiently- run out of patience, eventually fuss, and let me know... Comment - Like
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Mar 28, 2010, 6:17 am
The other day, I was sitting with the boys at the dinner table - we were chatting, while having breakfast. Abraham was, as usual, engaged in one of favorite activities: throwing food. I asked him to stop. The cleaning up after every meal is quite a bit of work, but that’s not my main concern; the ... Comment - Like
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Mar 27, 2010, 6:11 pm
I am helping the Husband translate an old German text, written by A. G. Baumgarten, an eighteenth century German philosopher, into English. He often asks me about words, not so much to get a direct translation, because he often has that already, but to get a feel for a certain word. I will use the w... Comment - Like
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Mar 27, 2010, 1:01 pm
He’s doing much better, the Husband, although his stomach is still a bit unreliable. I am sorry if we scared friends and family, especially those who live far from us. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
Those five or so days when he was really sick were horrible of course, but since he’s ... Comment - Like
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Mar 26, 2010, 7:04 am
When Prof. Husband enters our home a random day in March, and casually announced that there’s something for me in his bag, I know those happy times are here. Out of his laptop bag, I fish the big, thick phonebook-like white catalogue, and tear the plastic off. It has arrived! All the way from the ... Comment - Like
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Mar 24, 2010, 5:01 pm
Other people that had the same food poisoning my husband had got tested, and it turns out it IS Typhoid Fever. We suspected this all along – although we were very skeptical in the beginning: “Wait; isn’t that an illness that only spreads in poor, underdeveloped countries?” - and then, “Oh ... Comment - Like
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Mar 21, 2010, 5:10 am
This weekend we went on an AUC walking tour of the area around Al-Azhar park. We visited several mosques and other buildings that are part of a restoration project the university is involved in.
See the picture with my foot in it? Do you see the hieroglyphics? What you see is a threshold. When this... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 7:56 am
On Friday mornings the streets of Maadi are relatively empty, and I can take the boys to Victory College to bike, without fearing for their lives. They can’t bike around the parking lot because it’s a softball day, and softball players arrive in their SUVs and park, but there is a small lot betw... Comment - Like
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Mar 18, 2010, 5:15 am
Last night I bought some Gorgonzola cheese at Seoudi, which I had with Digestive crackers when I got home from shopping. Abraham wanted to try some, of course, and after a first taste, he kept coming back with his intrigued, content and cute little face for “mo! mo?” showing with his fingers tha... Comment - Like
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Mar 16, 2010, 5:12 am
My dear Professor Husband was hit by a very fierce bout of food poisoning indeed, and we’ve spent the past few days trying to keep things afloat while dealing with that.
He came home on Thursday evening feeling a little out of sorts, and in the night, his body violently started depositing of eve... Comment - Like
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