Lots been happening

Now that school is finished, a whole mess of changes are taking place.  I had to find a new apartment, presently do not have an internet connection, and am trying to make arrangements for the next 6 days to 6 months of my life.  I'm still waiting to hear from UNESCO, and don't expect any news until the end of the month.  Tonight I'm back to making hip hop with some Sudanese guys.

I did manage to find a good apartment, but it is in a different neighborhood and my landlord doesn't speak any english, so I'm having to learn more arabic to get simple things done.  The flat had a handful of problems such as no hot water, but the landlord seems really excited to have me in his building and he has been very willing to take care of these problems as best he can.  Now I have the water fixed, and the washing machine fixed, and the carpet removed, but I am still cleaning nonstop.  It appears that the apartment had been vacant for a long time, so I've had to deal with a lot of big nasty Egyptian bugs and such.  Anyway, its coming along. Exhausting though.

The good side is that I've gotten an excellent deal and the apartment is quite beautiful.  The neighborhood is wonderful as well, with quiet tree line streets.  It is only about 5 minutes from Cafe Tobasco and the phone company, and 2 minutes from the local market place.  I already have a vegetable lady, a bread lady, a cleaning product guy...   I'm also only 2 blocks from the Metro line, so I'm within 20 minutes of everything in the city, which is great since I still have a gym membership downtown.  I hope later this week to have an internet connection.  When I do, I'll post some pictures etc. 

In other news, my Fulbright is over, so I'm no longer living on the dime of the US gov.  How unfortuanate.  So for the rest of the time here, I'm just living on some money that I've saved.  I've started applying to USAID, although it is a very long application process, so the soonest I can get a job would be December, although I hope that it would give me the chance to visit in the US around Christmas, and hopefully for a much longer period of time.

In the meanwhile, I'll do my best to take care of some things here, and hopefully make some other projects happen.  Correspondence might be weak for the next 10 days, but I'll do my best to be in touch.