It's all Greek to me - scratch that - it's all looking a bit Roman.

Hello from the land...not down under.

More the land east-north-east.

or Middle East.

I wish I could say the 'Land Down Under'.

It has such an appealing ring to it.

My good friend Laurie, whom I adore, she is awesome...

recently went to the land down under. 

I will go...one day...I hope.

Here at ACOR things are going just dandy.  

Well things weren't going dandy, but now they are. 

:)

If you don't know the story I'm not going to tell it to you.

Suffice it to say that things can get a bit monotonous at a desk for 2 weeks straight.

I'm getting a lot of research done, but I never felt like I was going to reach the end...that I would be at this desk forever...sweating, reading and typing my life away.

Thankfully, yesterday changed all that.

I had this "fire in my belly" yesterday 

and

(drum roll please)

FINISHED!

Well, kind of.

:)

Yes, I know it doesn't make sense but I kind of finished.  

I had 3 goals when I came here  

(I wrote them down and everything)

and they are now 2/3 of the way done.

which is fantastic,

and happened yesterday.

In other ACOR updates.

I did my laundry.

BY HAND.

Ok, it really doesn't matter that I did it by hand, it matters that I was able to get off away from my desk long enough to do it.

That is the exciting part.

I'm a little embarrassed about how dirty this water is but guys, I've been living in a desert for the past month.

Give me a break.

Just a little one.

I hung the semi-dry pajamas in my closet...unfortunately that was not a good place.

It was to humid in there and they did not dry...they just started to smell.

So I washed them again.

Because I can.

By the way, if anyone from my familia ever reads this, the green bag has presents in it.

:)

Overall, things have been marvelous.

They feed us really well,

their library is full of marvelous books for research,

and their internet works so I have been able to keep in contact with the loved ones.

Which makes me look like this:

That is a happy face by the way.

Today is Tuesday.

Friday I leave ACOR and head back down to Petra.

Saturday we leave Petra and head all the way back through Amman, to Jerash and Pela.

Finally, on Sunday we leave the beautiful country of Jordan and head to another beautiful country.

ITALY!!!!

Yes, sometimes I don't believe my life either.

It has been such a blessing and I am so, so, so very grateful.

I will write again before I leave.

Adios!

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