June 12, 2003

Elizabeth’s successful reorganization of the English story books at Zababdeh’s Latin School.

Today we are trying to tie up all our loose ends before we embark on our summer. After another fourteen-hour day, Marthame completed the film for the municipality, just in time for us to get out of town. At the school, Elizabeth waded past the gathered tawjihi students, waiting for today's exams to begin (the first day of English), and descended into the the library. In a few hours, she'd labeled and organized the English story section, with, she coyly admits, appealing results. Hopefully kids will be encouraged to enjoy these books, and they can be easily kept organized.

Afterwards, she prepared for our summer, moving our houseplants up to our upstairs neighbor and giving our rapidly growing tomatoes, peppers, parsley, basil, and cilantro plants to a good friend. Elizabeth especially looks forward to being able to tend a real garden again, to being around to enjoy the fruits of those labors. At least if we can't, others can.

Loose ends filled the rest of the day and much of the night. It'll be nice to get away for a while.