My mom's parents were Grandma and Papa, and my dad's parents were Oma and Opa. "Papa" came from my sister not being able to pronounce "Grandpa" as a toddler -- she also couldn't pronounce "Grandma," but Grandma refused to be known as "Gaga." Oma and Opa are the German words for grandma and grandpa.

FAY! A friend of mine just got a job at the American University in Cairo! She's got three little kids, and the oldest is going to be going to kindergarten at the American school. Any foreigner-in-Cairo or kids-in-Cairo advice I should pass along to her?

Sixty-five is not cold.

Signed,

THE NORTHEAST

I'm so glad you said this first!

So, I had five tutoring appointments scheduled today. Two canceled overnight. One came for 10 minutes, and I sent him home because he's absolutely panicked about a roommate/moving situation. One hasn't shown, and I'm about to see if the last one shows. I expect she will, otherwise I would have already gone home. Her paper is due tomorrow, and we've had two other appointments where she's shown up and was even on time! So, I think she'll be here. But, ugh. I could have been at home working on my thesis. I have been working, but it keeps getting interrupted by having to check to see if students show up, etc.

Hil, an ex-coworker of mine is a Librarian at AUC, and has two boys. She blogs at: [link]

Sixty-five is not cold.

Signed,

THE NORTHEAST

Is is now.
Signed,
The Former Northeast with Verra Thin Blood

Is is now.

Ha! This is how people at the hotel last weekend knew we were from the North--we went swimming, and it was only like 65 or 67 degrees. The water was COLD, though, because the pool wasn't heated.

Brrr.... It's FREEZING! It's only about fifty five degrees out. I'ma climb back into bed, under a big pile of blankets. Brrr....

And it's only going to get up to sixty five again today. TOO COLD!

Poor, poor Sean. I just don't know how you do it.

pblt!

Brrr.... It's FREEZING! It's only about fifty five degrees out. I'ma climb back into bed, under a big pile of blankets. Brrr....

And it's only going to get up to sixty five again today. TOO COLD!

I'm going to move back to California. Just so I can knock your fucking teeth down your throat.

Seanie, that kind of talk is just BEGGING for an ass-whupping.

t edit Or, what Miracleman said.

We're getting all this precipitation again. But it's in liquid form. Weird. Plus there's this weird phenomena that I think is called "thunder" and "lightning".