I realised sometime today that there had been a signficant lapse in my posting. It seems impossible to me that nearly a week has gone by already. How easily the days do pass. It's been an eventful week; I do have my reasons for the silence.

This morning I had a meeting with the director of the school I'll be attending, and, assuming that schedules work out favourably, I could be starting that by the end of this week. I've been determined to prevail in the quest for what I need in language study, and so at the school I'll be spending my time in a fairly even split between colloquial and classical Arabic. They're nearly two different languages (actually, I'm not always so sure that statement needs the qualifer "nearly"), so this will require noticeably more study and practice on my part. I found out today that I won't be able to start meeting with my conversation helper until almost the end of this month, so at least I'll have some time to settle into the new school curriculum.

Of course, there's always the chance that by that time I won't even be here anymore. Depending on how the high-and-mighty punjabs of the world decide to move their game tokens between now and then.

In other, more exciting news, I made a near-perfect pot of rice tonight.