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EEEEEeeeeeee!!!! I’m super duper caffeinated! Paul and I woke up really early this morning and made a fabulous breakfast of eggs, veggies, and potatoes, all of which were purchased from the veggie stand on the corner, and we’ve been drinking coffee ever since. I have Turkish coffee in front of me right now and I’m almost afraid to drink it. I was really hoping all the caffeine would spur a writing extravaganza. With all the positive feedback I’ve been getting on the blog I’m feeling a little like I need to write something fantastical. Before I felt like I was writing, but no one was really paying any attention. Unfortunately, nothing super fantastical has happened as of late. I love the comments though so keep ‘em coming. (Bob-"the road of dangerous curves" should be a strip club-Brilliant!)

So Halloween just happened…yesterday. The sad part is that Halloween really isn’t an Egyptian holiday that’s celebrated; they're aware of it, but people don’t get dressed up. The kindergarten section at school did throw a Halloween party for all the youngsters though on Thursday. All the little one’s came dressed up. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so many Spidermen in one place. The costumes with the built in muscles were especially hilarious. One of my kids came in traditional Muslim garb with the turban and the flowing white scarf complete with a band aid which his mom had colored black and stuck to his upper lip to look like a mustache…hahahahahahaha. He kept having me reattach it since all the chocolate smeared on his face kept it from sticking. Eventually the band aid was lost which caused him much distress.

Just to clarify things in case I didn’t earlier, Paul and I are working in the same school so we have all the same holidays…yay! We are both working in the National school instead of the American school so we get slightly fewer holidays. I’m pretty sure both of us will be working on Christmas, but we’ll see.

The Kindergarteners are kept in a seperate section of the school. They have their own play area, and classrooms. I wasn't sure how I'd fair with kindergarteners, but they've really warmed up to me. Plus, kindergarteners get a party or go on a field trip every week.

Speaking of Kindergarten parties you should see these things. I was in my classroom one day and all of sudden there’s this loud techno dance music outside. All my kids run out of the classroom to find a DJ and many of their favorite animated characters dancing around. Mickey, Spiderman, Baby-bop, Barney, and some Egyptian character I’ve never heard of. At one point while I was trying to comfort all of the terrified children, the other teachers ganged up on me and sent Spiderman over to ask me to dance. I had no choice, I danced with Spiderman, which if you’ve ever danced with a giant headed cartoon character is really, really weird. My students loved it!

In other news, the elections are coming! Man oh man am I excited…Paul is fortunate enough to get CNN international so we’ve been following the campaign closely. The debates were on really late so we could only watch one. I find myself actually really excited about Obama. He’s young, eloquent, tolerant, and I really feel like he’s in this thing for the right reasons. I feel like he has a plan of attack for the whole economic crisis, a pretty decent health care plan (one which doesn’t exclude those of us with pre-existing conditions), and he’s up for diplomatic conversations with foreign countries.

Egyptians are also pro Obama. I can’t help recall the cab ride I took to Paul’s where the cabbie asked my nationality (don’t ask me how I knew what he was referring to because he didn’t speak a lick of English). After discovering I was American he kept asking “anti-bush? Anti-Bush?” to which I nodded, prompting the cabbie to give me a double handed thumbs up and a huge yellow toothed grin. Let me tell you, a double handed thumbs up in Cairo traffic is terrifying. He then proceeded to chant “Obama” the rest of the way.

Well, Paul has finally successfully downloaded “Pineapple Express” and I’m dying to see it so I’ve got to pack things up. If anyone has fun pictures from Halloween I expect e-mails.