Today was a lazy sunday. Last night, Morocco "sprang forward" as a result of Daylight Savings Time so now the time difference is one hour greater from home (+5 hours from EST). I slept in until 10, which was really 11, and this kind of set the tone for the day. I turned down eggs in favor of toast for breakfast and watched some of Step Up 3 with Lotfi. I'm a bigger fan of Step Up 2: The Streets, but you get what you get and you don't get upset, especially when it's in English. I spent the rest of the morning watching 8 episodes of 30 Rock in bed. Lunch was at 2 pm and was noodles, olives, and chicken, all mixed together. After lunch, I met up with Marissa and Elle to do something fun. Unfortunately, it was raining and we were all tired, so we decided to just go to the riad and try to watch a movie. However, because of the time change, the riad opened an hour later than we expected. We couldn't get a movie to load on Netflix, so we spent 3 hours just hanging out. We went home at 7:30 and I decided to start doing work for the week. I read all of Tahar Ben Jelloun's The Sand Child, which I am presenting on this week. It is about a family of 7 girls. When the 8th child is born, the father decides, regardless of gender, the child will be a boy to the world. The story is told from the point of view of storytellers in a square in Marrakesh who read the story of the child from a diary the person left on their death bed. It was interesting how the narrative unfolded especially once Ahmed hit puberty and after the death of the father, who had been controlling this whole scheme. I worked on my presentation, watched some of "The Longest Yard" with my brothers, and then went to bed by midnight.
Not a very interesting post...
Putting up pictures tomorrow morning
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