So, yes, I’m working only 10 hours a week, and I was sick yesterday, and today—well, today was the Islamic New Year (don’t ask, it’s complicated, but I can report that it is the now the year (lunar) 1432 AH, and I don’t really know what A.H. stands for. After Hajj? Well, I looked it up, and it’s Anno Hegirae, Latin for “Year of the Hegira,” which can also be spelled Hijrah, and other sites put A.H. as “After Hijrah,” which kind of makes since, being as Hijrah means (I had to look this up too) is the Prophet’s migration from Medina to Mecca, scratch that: from Mecca to Medina.).
Anyways, being this semi-observed holiday in Tunisia (one co-worker described it as a holiday you can take off, but don’t get paid for; or a banking holiday: shit was open today, but no banks, schools, gov’t offices, etc.) Amideast’s offices weren’t open, but most teachers held classes (even if they be poorly attended) to avoid having to make them up. Well, my one-on-one guy decided not to come, so I—again—went to work to find no client, no class.
Nonetheless, I am feeling much better after taking my medicine, and I played a nice game of chess with my roommate.
