It's been raining on and off since 11 PM tonight :)
Last night we had our second concert of the season. We played Overture to Euranthe by Carl Maria von Weber, Mozart Concerto No. 27 in B-flat with a soloist from America - Bobby Mitchell - and Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony. I was very pleased with the performance of the ensemble and the positive energy the guest conductor brought to the podium.
Today seemed like 3 days wrapped into 1. I woke up with a fever and went to school in a relatively foul mood. I taught a flute lesson to Samer, ear training 3, and a flute lesson to Rana. By the end of my lesson with Rana, I was feeling much better, and she, Haifa, and Mohanned told me they will take me for Shawarma. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma
On the way there, we realized the ramp to Abdoun was closed and there was water all over the streets - a bizarre occurrence here. It was around this time that Mohanned realized that he left his phone at the conservatory, and so just Haifa, Rana, and I went to the Shawarma while he went back to retrieve his phone. The food was delicious but heavy - and felt especially so because I am a little sick. S'okay. No problem.
After coming home, Aggie and I cleaned up our apartment for the Halloween party that we threw in our apartment tonight. Upstairs was "party" atmosphere - food, drinks, music, dancing - while the downstairs apartment enjoyed a viewing of the Silence of the Lambs. Around 6:00, Jonathan and Tomacz came over and helped us prepare pudding for the party, and then we left to attend Bobby's piano recital. What a program! Beethoven Waldstein and other works by List and Debussy. Beautiful. It was so inspiring to hear really fantastic music performed at a high level.
Afterward, we all made our way back to our apartment where we had the ultimate Halloween party - like I said, complete with dirt pudding and a viewing of Silence of the Lambs. After many hours of just laughing and talking, an Iraqi song came onto Maryellen's iTunes playlist. Zaina pointed this fact out, and all of our Arabic friends who were here began dancing or drumming. I asked if I brought my dumbek if Mohanned would play for us. And so he did - and we had a freeze-dancing party. It was wonderful. He then played some traditional songs and many people sang. We were all belly dancing, too. And according to Rana, Dana, and Zaina, I'm not half bad at it. Perhaps I will buy an outfit when I travel to Cairo at the end of the month...
Our neighbors complained of the noise, and somewhere around 1:00 AM, people began to leave from our apartment. Jon and I stayed up until around 3 just talking, and it was so nice to spend time with him again. I love our new place, but I do really miss living with Jonathan. He's crazy and wonderful.
Bookra el "Football Jama3" - and I'm sure it will be a good time as always.
My apologies for the disjunct nature of this post - it's almost 4 AM.
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