Its hot up here

Well there are worse things than starring at the water on a Sunday! These include the temperature in Jordan right now: 106 degrees with a 48%humidity, and they don't have widely available AC. I admit I am not a happy camper. Also, Friday starts Ramadan. I am not excited. It is illegal to eat or drink in public....I don't know how I will survive the heat without constant water. I will be frequently slipping off the the bathroom for a swig or two! The good thing is no smoking! The bad thing is everything is closed during the day, which means two weeks of not sleeping!!!!! my favorite study place, for example, usually open until 12am, will now open from 7pm until 3am.

In other news, my computer died. I am heartbroken. We have been together for 4.5 years, and all my livin' has been with her....her name is-was- Prudence. She was wonderful, and will be greatly missed. Her motherboard just died one day. I woke up early to study, she worked no problem, then I had to go to my office hours (private tutoring for each student- mine is every morning from 8:30-9. I hate waking up, but I like having a half hour to finish my homework before class (starts at 9:30) and also love being done with class at 1:30 and not having to worry about scheduling with my language partner. After my office hours, I took Prudence out of my bag, and she had turned herself off and refused to turn back on! I took her to a store that knew how to fix macs (not so common here) and the man said 'the only way to fix this problem is to buy a new computer!' So sad! Also so inconvenient!

In class, I have to write a bahatha (research paper). It needs to be 5 pages long, and I need to research and type it up, and now I don't have a computer! Such a shame.

I have been checking my facebook and email as much as possible, but its a lot harder to do research and write when i'm not in a comfortable place and I have to pay to use the internet!!!!!

I think I decided I am going to switch to a PC as well, because it is cheaper and I really don't need a mac anymore. But it will be hard to get used to!