Spring Schedule

So, to completely gloss over my recent trip to Upper Egypt, I have an incomplete but for the moment passable Spring schedule, which is as follows:

GIS - TR 8-9:15 AM, W 1:30-4:15 (I have no idea how I'm going to motivate myself for that one)

Intro to the Philosophical Tradition - MW 11:15-12:05, F 10:10-11:00

Identity in French Literature - MWF 9:05-9:55 AM (though I'm going to sit in on FREN 221 and see if I don't die. the subject matter looks more interesting and it'd be nice to skip ahead a bit, if I can force my French to improve quickly).


The fourth class remains to be figured out. I'm interested in the Romance Linguistics course, but the Wednesday class falls on the GIS lab period I have, so I have to try and switch with someone in the Tuesday lab if I really want the class. If not, there are a few other options I'm interested in: Western Musical History Part II, 19th Century European Painting and Sculpture, maybe an intro Econ course. Maybe something very different. Who knows.

I also may try taking a poetry workshop as a fifth class. I have the approval from Parini already, so I'm going to try and go ahead with it. Awesome.

That's it for now, I'll summarize the Luxor-Aswan trip a little later.

Updates

So I've officially gotten over my sickness. I ate Egyptian street-food and felt fine afterwards, which means that my stomach has regained its hardiness. Hurray for lack of digestive problems!

Tomorrow evening we leave for Upper Egypt (the Saeed). The train ride should take about 17 hours from Alex, which....I'm not too thrilled about. But it gives me time to space out I guess, which is alright enough. We get to run around a fair bit on our own once we get down there though, and I'm excited (and a little wary) to float down the Nile in a felucca. Because it's flowing water we should be alright in terms of mosquitoes and such, but still. It's just nice to get out of the Alexandria area, which is kind of dull after a while. Pretty, but dull.

I may or may not spend time on the last few free days of the vacation in Cairo, seeing the Museum and a few other must-sees. Pictures to be taken and posted at such a time as Facebook allows me.

Still trying to hammer out travel details. Which means I have to actually be decisive. Gar. But thankfully I have the option now of being indecisive, thanks to a long chain of frustrated emails exchanged with financial aid.

Again, I hope everyone is enjoying/feeling better in their respective situations abroad and at home. I hope to wake up and find a better four years in store (i.e. Obama has won the election), for all of us.