Grocery Shopping: 0 Mary: 1

That's right! I successfully shopped for Groceries today!  Sabreen and I went to the Safeway in Shmesani.  She just needed a few things here and there, I stocked up on everything.  I also defeated the nasty plugs in this building, and found adapters that work for EVERYTHING! HAH. It really is the small things.  How to say that in Arabic? من اللازم ان تحب الأشيء الصغير I think that's right...

Groceries Yay!

Gratuitous pictures of groceries...

Hershey's Syrup!

The freezer still looks sad :(  I saw some stores that actually had lean cuisines and such, this Safeway didn't

Awesome Water Cooler + Nescafe =

Anyways!  While I was unpacking my groceries the guard came up and fiddled with my lock for a bit; I guess he fixed it because it does work better now, though I hadn't thought anything was wrong with it. While he was there, I finally asked for a water gallon for my water cooler! And the water cooler makes hot and cold water! INSTANT COFFEE ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Mumtaztic!

Happy Mary!

Now that I've bored you all with the mundane facets of my life here in Jordan...Arabic class starts tomorrow, bright and early, at 8:00am.  I haven't figured out what I'm going to do about Church yet; I don't think I'll be going this week.  I need to settle in a little more and figure out where the nearest Christian Church is and what mass times are like.  The same goes for gym memberships and such; it's hard to plan when you don't have a routine to plan around.

Speaking of routines, I'm hoping my 'dc street sense' starts to turn into 'amman street sense' as far as walking around goes.  Parts of Amman are possible to walk, most of them are if you have nerves of steel.  Regardless, I want to feel comfortable stepping outside my apartment and just exploring for a bit, chatting with Jordanians and getting more of a feel for the city.  We will see, I suppose. Also, my roommate is still MIA.  I'm starting to think she doesn't exist...  We're probably going out for dinner tonight, and thus will end my first week in Amman, Jordan!