On a scale from one to pyramid, it's definitely been a Giza

1 Choir concert to preform

2 papers left to write

3 continents visited

4 friends who make a family

5 New Kingdom sites visited

6 looks like a seven in arabic - ٦
7 school days left

8 arabic words that can get us home in a taxi

10 Old Kingdom Egyptian pyramids visited

19 days left in Cairo

Things worth missing:
Arabic billboards and signs, call to prayer, girls in hijab, watching the sun rise, camels, cheap hookah, cheap things in general, "habibi", arab children (soo cute, and so well behaved!!), stuffed pigeon... (and felafel, kushary, fatir, baklava, etc), Sophie getting into dance battles, Alex skipping and/or sitting on the stoop, hanging out on roof-tops, seafood being called "viagra", Margaux chasing off cats, professors who never take roll, talking about people in front of them because they don't speak english, half built houses, practicing arabic with waiters and bartenders, seeing three people on one motorcycle, yahoo makoob, donkey carts, my arabic teacher- Shadya Fahmy, graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, playing "Mummy" at real monuments with Marg, babies in galabias, haggling, things actually being old, Aaron's mad dance skills, arabic soda cans, the White Desert, house music, feluccas, etc, etc...

Things not worth missing:
Cairo traffic, Cairo CATS, persistent flies, cover fees, cab drivers, sticking out, people smoking in my face, only having McD's and Subway options for food, living a gazillion miles away from everything, the jerks who run the buses, things being filthy, people "clicking" at us, being grabbed on the metro/ street, dealing with Visas, getting lost every day in the cab, squeezing 8 people into Miriam's or Ali's tiny cars, getting creepy facebook messages, Sharm el Sheikh, mean boabs, busses, sharing one shower with 6 strangers, arab movie theaters, Egyptians walking slowly all the time, the Egyptian money system and hearing "no you can't eat here because we can't break a 20$ bill" etc...

(Ok, I'll stop with the lists now because I could do this forever, and I really need to work on my paper...)

First things I will do in the states:
In this order- Hug my mom, squeeze the life out of Andrew, eat bacon, eat an avocado, sit in the front seat of a car, drive to Bakersfield, hug my dad, send a text message, lay on top of my dog, take a bath, make Alyssa, Kyle, Sara and company come to my house, put on a tank top and/or shorts, touch a bible, drink water from the tap, sleep for 5 days, go to Target, drive around looking at xmas lights, develop pictures, drive somewhere alone, see the rest of my family, have Christmas =D

Can't wait to see you Bako!!!