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middle east: work and travels

Thursday, October 30, 2008

lesson learned

Previous comments on rain, all sad little statements. I was trapped on campus yesterday because the university flooded in the deluge. I tried to forge my way to the library, was blocked by a river of water about 6 inches deep, then was trapped in a crowd of people trying to get to the university administration, which, for whatever reason, has a somewhat sunken foundation, so there was about two feet of water between them and the door. Benches had been dragged in and people one by one were walking across. Defeated, I returned to the Language Center and skyped Megan. When it was perfectly sunny an hour later, I sloshed through the mud now coating everything, and tried to find the books I wanted in the library for my term paper. There was one. In the French translation. So somewhat of a waste.

I think I'm utterly unprepared for winter in this country.

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