Most people really celebrate heavily the first day of L'Eid which was yesterday. I don't know what I was thinking rousing myself at 11am and getting dressed (which involves me covering from the neck down) and forging into 100+ degree heat to go to the post office thinking it was probably open. Of course it wasn't open! It must have been delirium from all the cookies I'd eaten.
I'm just happy it's over and a normal schedule can begin again. I hate waking up late, so I'm changing my internal clock little by little. (Waking up at 11 is much better than at 3!) and hopefully on Tuesday the Dar Chebab will be open again and REAL LIFE will begin.
Yesterday's l'Eid weather was terrible! We had so much La3jaj (dusty sand storm) that in about 15 minutes my entire western room was layered in orange sand. So I went up on my roof and recorded the sand moving in from the desert. It's kind of a long video, unnecessarily. Sorry there's no sound. My digital camera doesn't have a sound card or it's broken. But at about 2mins you can really see a shift in the coloring of the air. (it's embedded at the bottom of the page)
Here are some pictures to compare: (there are no rain clouds here. It is literally just sand that's been lifted by the wind, coming from the southwest.)
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The next set it not quite the same shot, but close. You can use the yellow/red striped building on the bottom for reference;
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You get the picture. And now for my first youtube upload! Sorry for the grainy quality-- my camera is not very good for video.
Wow that was strangely beautiful, but in a creepy, lonely way. I admire you; I could not do it. I imagine you will need a new camera for Christmas because all of that sand will get into the works. It is probably between your teeth right now. I am glad you are getting back to normal poco a poco. Miss you!
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