Today is my last full day in Fes, so I was pretty happy I didn't wake up hungover! I slept in until 10, despite Benton waking up at 6 to exercise on the roof and go to school. In the morning, I ate breakfast and then did some blitzing. I'm pleased to report that we did not have baguette today, so that means I'm in the clear and on my way to Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Cracklin Oat Bran breakfasts when I get back to Florida.
At 11, I met up with Elle and Marissa to do some shopping. I got the last remaining gifts and haggled for the last time. I went out with a bang though by getting everything I bought for 50% of the initial price. I went home for lunch and then napped for three hours in the afternoon. I was woken up by Elle and Marissa at 5 who wanted to watch a movie. We went to the riad and watched Judd Apatow's phenomenal creation, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It was a good movie to end the friendship on. After the movie, I submitted an application to work in California for Google in the fall. Though I'm currently signed up to go to Spain with the Spanish department, if I get a job offer from Google, it's going to be a hard choice to make. Either way, it should be a fun fall!
I said goodbye to Elle, Marissa, and Ariel in the riad before heading home. It's weird to think that I won't see these people I've been spending 6 - 12 hours a day with for three weeks. In Marissa's case, because she's a rising senior and graduating a term early, if I don't go back to school until the spring, I won't ever see her again! I'm flying home with Christy, Ron, and Joe though, so they're stuck with me for a while longer.
At home, I ate dinner and did the last remaining bits of packing. I'm all ready for my 5:30 wake-up tomorrow. I hung out with my family tonight and gave them my thank you gifts because it is probably the last time I will ever see them. Though I have complained on this blog upon occasion, I will miss my Moroccan family.
Also, I'm going to put up the last photo album soon featuring pictures of the pool, of my family and house, and a 60 picture series I took today that recreates the walk from my house through the medina to Batha. If you flip through them fast, it's pretty fun.
Secondly, I've decided I'm going to keep blogging while I'm in the Galapagos next week because I've enjoyed having a record of everything. While I'm home for 48 hours, I'm going to work on creating a new blog for all my international travels because the Galapagos obviously aren't in Morocco, so it doesn't make sense that they should be written about on andrewinmorocco.blogspot.com! In the future, this site will redirect you to the other site. More news on that to come.
No comments:
Post a Comment