Hello everybody! I know everybody wants me to upload pictures but, unfortunately, the internet in my building is so bad that it takes about 20 minutes to upload one picture and that causes me excruciating pain so today I will just write. The last time I wrote was right after Christmas. For New Years Eve I went to my friend's village in the South of Lebanon and we just spent the night watching tv and eating with his family. I spent the rest of my break trying to be outside as much as possible as the weather was like summer and reading and writing. Some Armenians, including my roommate, celebrate Christmas on January 6 so I went to church with her in Bourg Hamoud (the major Armenian neighborhood in Beirut). In Bourg Hamoud there are dvd stores where I can buy any dvd for 75 cents! I already bought Avatar and Amelia. See Avatar in the movie theater but DO NOT spend money to see Amelia. I was anxious to get back to school and see everybody. Last Friday I went caving with my Extreme Team. Caving was AMAZING! I had to wriggle on my belly through these tiny tunnels. There were bats flying around everywhere but I wasn't scared! When we came to a room we sat silently and could hear the water dropping from the celing. Then there was this little tiny room that we had to get to alone cause only two people could fit inside. In the room if you knocked on the rocks you could hear different pitches and it was really beautiful. The next day I went to plant trees at a school in Anjar, an Armenian village in the mountains. We planted 55 trees in honor of Haigazian (my university's) 55th anniversary and then went out and ate A LOT of food. I saw Avatar in 3D and loved it. You should all go see it in the theater. This is my last week of the semester. The next week will be final exams. I just registered for next semester. My courses are Human Rights, Comparative Politics, Politics of Lebanon, Christian-Muslim Dialogue and International Law. It looks a little overwhelming but it will be interesting. Also, one of my friends is teaching me Armenian. I have a lesson once a week and it is really fun. Also, starting next semester, another one of my friends is going to start giving me Arabic lessons every week because I feel that I need to be more deliberate about learning the language. I am not satisfied with the amount of Arabic I have learned so far so I want to work harder on it for the remainder of my time here. Also, some very exciting news for me is that my grandparents who have been visiting my relatives in Atlanta since the summer are finally coming home to Lebanon! I am really excited to have my family here. I will feel much more at home with them. Other than that, I am just enjoying life and all the new things that I learn about myself and about the world with each new day. I'm really happy here but I sure do miss my little brother:)