I think of this summer – this first uni summer – in terms of three phases: Egypt pt1, England and Egypt pt 2. Each part was about a month. The two Egypt parts were very similar. They were full of good books, much thinking, good conversations with family, trying to study, staying up late reading …
I have just relocated semi-permanently back to England. Leaving Egypt was a lot harder than I expected it to be, and that’s saying something because I knew it would be hard. I think living away from my mum, sister and brother is what is hitting the hardest. Dad is with me and we’re spending time …
April happened, but I can’t remember what I did. Apparently I was too busy to write down what happened. I don’t remember being busy… I’m just going to write about two days in May for this update. They left me tired and happy. This story includes not one, but two food disasters. What more can …
The weathers of March were as inconsistent as my moods. It’s been all sunshine and blustering winds. I’ve really been excited this month, I think mainly because we decided we were going to go to the Red Sea and I constantly think it is sooner than it is. I’ve been saying it is two weeks …
February has been a really nice month. The routine I’m developing is balanced and life-giving. Arabic is going well and I’ve been learning an hour in my private, one-on-one lesson once a week. So far I have learned a wacky verb that roughly translates to ‘became’ but seems to morph every time I look at …
Drumming. The highlight of my January has been drumming. Liv and I went to church early with our dad. Now, over zoom in the summer there had been a ‘bring your own percussion instruments’ Friday. This Friday was a repeat of that, but in person. The worship leader invited me to join a four-person cajon …
I’ve been tempted to feel like nothing really happened in December, but it is not true. A lot happened: we flew home to Egypt and Jolly had boys sleep over for his birthday. Then, despite there being very few restrictions here in Egypt, we all had to be so very more careful as everyone we …
November in Retrospect November was a bit of a transitionary month because I finished my A levels and am now no longer in school. It is so good to be done. ‘Officially’ I’ve started my gap year, although I have been tired after the long slog of revising and it hasn’t felt very ‘gap-yeary’ so …