Notes from the Mid-East

In no particular order, here are some things I've been thinking this morning.

I would much rather hang out on the couch than figure out how to get the bus to the Dead Sea.  Perhaps we will go to a movie instead.

I have lost mondo weight since leaving in January.  I feel like I dropped a kilo since yesterday, it must have been all of the stairs at Jerash.  

Couchsurfing is really mega-cool.  I love our hosts in Amman.  I wonder if they'll let us stay forever.

TJ is looking really hot now-a-days.  He has also lost weight and he's started working out.

I can't believe I spent 230JD yesterday buying plane tickets.  There goes a week of budget.  I sure hope Lebanon is cool.  I hear it is, but I don't know much about it since I wasn't planning to visit.  

Is it selfish to hope for peace in the middle east because it's crimping my travel plans?  I sure hope the peace talks go well.  I would like to go to Syria.  I really hope no one says anything stupid (ahem, Biden).

TJ sure can be a stick in the mud, he totally pooh-poohed the idea of bribing the border guards to get our visas.

I'm going to miss my brother's wedding.  I'm feeling pretty ambivalent about this.

I sure am hungry.  Falafel is manna from heaven.  I could eat it everyday.  I wish there were a falafel stand down the street instead of an egg sandwich stand.  Maybe I'll go to the supermarket (there are supermarkets here!!!!) and get a snack. Oranges are delicious.

Jordan is much nicer than Egypt.