Party in the Elevator

• This week the elevator in our apartment was rigged so that every time it goes up or down a recording of a man reciting the Qur'an plays. Not only do we get to hear it when we're actually in the elevator, but our apartment is close enough to the elevator shaft that we get to hear it when we're in our apartment! Johan has proposed that we re-program it so that it plays Miley Cyrus' song, "Party in the USA."
• If you've ever rented an apartment in the US before, then you probably know that the owners of the apartment like to get their payments on time. Well, I guess things work a little differently here--our landlady thought it would be good to come collect our rent 2 weeks after it was due...at 1 A.M.
• No more being locked in the apartment this week, but we did have a little bit of a fiasco with the light in our hallway. It looked like it was going to fall off of the ceiling, so I grabbed a kitchen chair and was going to screw it back in, when it completely fell out of the ceiling. It wouldn't have been that big of a deal, but I couldn't get the screws back into the ceiling...and we have no tools. So, since the light was really heavy, made of glass, and was hanging from its wires, I decided I should build a tower to hold it up until we could get our bowab (fixer-guy) to fix it. Eventually some random guy came, took the kitchen scissors and cut the electrical wires, and ran off with our light. It's fixed now.

• There are officially 13 more days until Spring break, which means 13 more days until I get to see my parents!!! I'm so excited for them to get to Egypt!

Have a good Friday!