it's the weekend!

things i'm really happy/excited about right now:

1) i got to view all of our weddings pictures, & i love them!  :)

2) i booked a day trip for this sunday to baalbek/the cedars/kozhaya with a friend. we'll be collected @ 7:45a @ the AUB main gate & will enjoy a day of touring with an english-speaking guide, so i'll learn something from the whole thing too (instead of understanding only 10% of the tour). i'm very excited to be venturing out to check one of the must-sees off the to-do list.

3) the midterm is OVER! not too confident in my performance, but right now what matters is that it's over, period.


4) i'm going to eat baklava or something else tasty & sweet tonight. happy midterm day to me! i should exercise some restraint since all i ate for lunch was gelato, but i saw this picture from taj al-moulouk (an old-fashioned arab sweet shop outside penrose gate, a 10-minute walk from my dorm) thanks to a google search & couldn't resist the idea:

 so much for losing weight on trips like i usually do...

5) i'm going to get some thesis research done with my free time tonight & tomorrow. maybe i'll find a cafe to occupy tomorrow afternoon around lunchtime, take my books with me & read in a different environment than the common room in the dorm. there's a cafe by the sea we visited for my spoken arabic class & the food there is delicious.

6) i'm off to a bakery & bookstore, hooray!