Been A While

Wow. It's been a while. Sorry about that. As I suppose happens anytime you're anywhere for a long time, things fall into a routine and don't necessarily become that interesting or worth writing about. I really can't beleive that we've been out here 5 months. Okay, well, I can beleive it, but it just seems so unreal. Chris and I have indeed fallen into a routine now. It's not that difficult when you work 6 days a week- our day off mostly consists of sleeping most of the day and doing housework. And no, we HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PYRAMIDS YET. I know, I know. Unless transforming robots from outter space come down and battle it out over an energy sapping device embedded deep inside the main pyramid (sorry if i just spoiled Transformers 2 for anyone), the great landmarks aren't going anywhere.
There is exactly 1 week and 5 days left before we go home. HOME. What a wonderful word. It's been real, but it'll be nice to be home, even if it's just on furlow for 6 weeks. It's funny actually- Chris and I have just recently gotten hooked on 'Lost' (I know, I know, 'what took us so long'??) and we found ourselves playing the same game as many of the survivors- "What am I going to do the Minute I get Home". We've been making lists of the foods we miss, the conveniences we long for, the little things that make home, well, 'home'. Here's a few off my list:

My dogs!!!!
Family & friends
Popcorn
Nonstick pans that are really 'nonstick'
Pam
'Normal'-sized bathtubs
No smoking laws
Bathrooms with toilet paper
Pedicures
Traffic laws
My Blackberry
Lawns
Doing my own laundry
Frozen yogurt

Of course, going home won't be all lollipops and sunshine- there's bound to be a few 'wakeup calls'. For example, we won't be able to go for a "nice" dinner and movie for 30$ (that's both of us, plus movie nibbles too!). We'll have to actually drive ourselves around. We won't be able to pay 1$ for a gallon of gas. Actually, come to think about it, if that's it, it's really not that bad... :)
Looking ahead, it seems like these last 2 weeks are going to take forever to go by, especially when we're sooooo close to the end- or as some of us here like to call it, our 'release date'. Ha ha.
We have seen some pretty amazing stuff since we've been in Egypt- the temples in Luxor, The Valley of the Kings, the Tut Exhibit at the Cairo Museum, etc. There's also a few things that I know I'll only have seen in Egypt:
A family of 5 on a scooter- Mom, Dad, 2 kids and a baby
A car full of wedding guests stopped in the middle of an offramp, with everyone out and dancing around
A swimsuit that covers everything from the neck down
A bird riding a dead donkey down the Nile
A woman talking 'handsfree' on her cell phone- it was stuck to the side of her face in her headveil!

Despite all that cool stuff, it will be so wonderful to be home- our house, our bed, etc. I hate to be corny, but that age-old adage is true- you never know what you have until it's gone.
Cheers!