So, I've officially been in Cairo for three months.
In honor of our three month anniversary, I bought a ticket back home.
I'll be in the states from Jan. 10th until Feb. 5th. Most of that time will be spent in Birmingham, but I'll probably be in Atlanta for a week.
The next month and seven days are going to be total misery (aside from this weekend, which will be spent under an umbrella on the beach in Sharm al-Sheik) with papers, finals, trying not to fail at Arabic, trying to make myself actually attend classes, etc etc.

In one month and six days K.R. is coming to Cairo. I'm trying not to keep my expectations too high, but I know inevitably they will be, and inevitably I'll be a little disappointed. The worst part about bring in a long distance relationship is that your entire relationship is lived in little spurts. A phone call here, an e-mail there. So for ten, fifteen, thirty minutes a day, you're in a relationship. The rest of the day is just living the single life, without the perks. Color me codependent, but some days I just need more than that. So even on the days where I get ten, fifteen, thirty minutes, I'm still a little disappointed. I guess the most frustrating part is that there is no solution. He'll always be too distant, I'll always be too needy I try to keep a realistic perspective on things, I try to remind myself that romance is cheesy and overrated, that what you see is what you get. People just don't change. I also try to remember why I'm here, why I'm still doing this against my own better judgement. But some days, it's just difficult.

So there are a few amazing days where my imagination runs crazy, a few plain days where I feel just so content, and then few days like today, where I have to pull myself back. Remind myself that there is no room in my life for idealism or romance, just pragmatism and practicality. .

Anyway, the past three months are really catching up to me. Thanks to the evils of insurance companies and a sudden drop in the magical land of estrogen, all of my neurotic tendencies have invited themselves to dinner. I'm feeling crazier than usual.