Hello my dear ones. I am packing for my family reunion in Florida next week I leave tommorow at 4:45 am sharp (Egyptian time). And the question floats to the surface of my mind. Why would a bunch of Egyptians choose to meet in Florida when the Middle East is so much more interesting? I hear Beirut is beautiful this time of year. The other day I read a paragraph about Cairo in my geography book (for the class I'm taking) and was honestly near tears. The book also said that there are 10 million living in Cairo--last I heard the count was between 14 and 20 million, so then I laughed. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing the family, especially my sweet grandparents, who I miss a lot more than I expected. My parents are already speaking in about 50% Arabic--we'll see how much I remember. I want to make Nahid proud.

Speaking of missing people. I feel lonely for MESP.

Okay here's the point of this post. I just heard that 7 bombs went off in Cairo today. Not sure if its true or not. As I just said, I'm leaving town tomorow so I was wondering, if anyone makes contact with Dave, Diaa, and Carol could you please post? I'm sure they're fine, but I have an active imagination.

Love you guys and hopefully I'll see a few of you sometime in August.