Huh? Ice? Why do we need ice?

It's really hard for me not to start posts with the word "so". I mean, seriously, I'm 15... Heintz should have given me better  

.writing skills than this

Yesterday, I met up with my counselor (liason for you AFS-USAers). Her name is Maha. Maha, her cousin, and they're husbands took me to this restaurant in City Stars. It was the first time I walked over there by myself. I got lost in the parking lot of my buildings and then I had to cross the street by myself only since I was six." No. Now would be a good time to explain a little bit about driving in Egypt:                                              Driving in Egypt is not like driving in America. For all of you who are like my mother, drives relatively carefully, and hates it when anybody drives differently. Egyptian driving is your nightmare. Have any of you ever played Grand Theft Auto? Driving is kind of like that here in Egypt. Except, I mean, they don't hit pedestrians or other cars, but the whole "no law applies to me" mentailty is similar. There are no traffic laws. I have seen two stop lights in the entire city so far. And there are no cross walks. My cultural resource guide at Gateway Orientation described crossing the street as a game of frogger or hopper or whatever the game is where you have to get the frog across without getting hit by a car. That's 

.exactly it and it terrifies me

Yes, crossing the street is a big deal. At the restaurant in City Stars I had Oriental desserts. Kounafa, Bosbousa, these things that look like eclairs, this other thing that was sugary and delicious, and these things that are basically heaven. I forgot their name so I'm going to call them heaven balls. Heaven balls are like donut holes, except they're full of honey, and they're also covered in honey. It's honey and bread. Mom, these were 

.made for you

After I got home I sat on the couch and chilled for a while. Then we all go shopping for dresses for Hossam's wedding. I did find a dress. It's not conservative as many people would expect. You'll see in October. As we were walking back to the car, they were all trying to ask me something. All I got was ice. Then I was like "Huh? Ice? Why do we need ice?" (Title line!) And then they were like "mall mall with Amira yesterday" Oh. We were going to the mall that I went to with Amira yesterday. Tehn Muhamed asked me if I dance on ice. Then I got it. Ice skating. There's an ice rink at the mall 

.that Amira and I went to the day before

:I went Ice Skating

Last thing, my mother gave me ths rule before I left and that was: try everything three times.Three because my tastes will 

:develop or whatever. Thus, I tried fish

For some this may look delicious... personally, it's not my cup of tea. But I ate it. And it was good. I felt like I was in the biblical times for some reason fish and rice. Then again, Jesusland is like a 

.hop skip and a jump away


That's it. I'm in a positive mood. So I'm going to tell all of you that you are wonderful and I appreciate you. Tell that 

.to someone today. Spread the positivity

!Do it

Byeeeeeeee

.Corie