8.9.09

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

So yeah, I'm twenty today. And I'll be going out with some friends tonight, but in the meantime: I fasted for the first time yesterday, sunrise to sunset. By choice – my host family keeps asking if I'm sure I don't want to eat. It was, for me, a really interesting experience. I was really tired by the end of the day, and I did feel really hungry in the middle, but it wasn’t all that bad.

Anyway, I know you may have some questions – I've been in Jordan for over a week now, and all you've heard about is the orientation. So I wrote up some descriptions of various parts of my life. I tried to stay on topic, but most of them have a lot of random information thrown in with the main theme. I’m hoping it’s all useful or interesting, though. And if there's something you've always secretly wondered about the Middle East – or about me – I'll try to answer for you.

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