Good day!

So this morning my roommate asked me if I could be home early because a handyman was coming by to fix every last remaining annoyance in the apartment. So yay on the home front.

And then at work, we have a staff meeting (finally!!) and actually start talking about things. I have a bunch of things to work on now, and some real direction. Committees are where the meaty stuff is for a business association (for any NGO, in my experience...), not the big names who say the same thing every time. Focusing on select sectors of the Egyptian economy, exploring and discussing what's holding it back, preparing meetings and agendas and similar materials.

And my boss is surprisingly cool about a few things. We were planning our next staff meeting and I was the only one objecting to a Sunday 9am time. At first, they were making fun of me, 'oh hello Chairman, sorry we can't all adjust to your schedule', and then I say "I have Arabic classes in the morning" and suddenly it's "Wow! That's so cool! Sure, we can reschedule the meeting, we're flexible. We can help you out with Arabic too! Just come in and we'll talk in classical Arabic every so often every day"

So I'm actually procrastinating way too much just by writing this, since I have some 5 documents to write in the next hour, but wow! A good day at work!

Just had to write that down.