Kiss Me Thru The Phone

My mother's current favorite song:

I need you in my life, yeah all day everyday I need ya
And every time I see ya my feelings get deeper
I miss ya, I miss ya, I really wanna kiss you but I can't
Six, seven, eight, triple nine, eight, two, one, two.

Baby you know that I miss you, I wanna get with you tonight
But I cannot baby girl and that's the issue
Girl you know I miss you, I just wanna kiss you
But I can't right now so baby kiss me thru the phone, I'll see you later on
Kiss me thru the phone, see you when I get home.

Alright, so I am all packed and ready to leave to Lebanon by 2 this morning and what happens? Insomnia kicks in. Yes, my friends--that's what the tea and the company and the dark chocolate do to you. And Kiss Me Thru The Phone. Jack Johnson is bad packing music, because I got nothing done while listening to his music. But maybe he's the trick to falling asleep. It's 5:38 AM and I am still wiiiiiiiiiide-awake. I've been tossing and turning in bed for a good 3 hours, but what's the use now?

So what do I do? I have Lucky Charms for an early breakfast. Today is a good day.

I'm spending my last few hours in the states enjoying these Western luxuries that I probably won't have in the next 5 weeks: 24/7 running water, hot water, phone service, internet, artificially colored and flavored snacks, Saturday morning cartoons, on-demand electricity, On Demand in general, and a cat that doesn't frighten me. I've heard that in some parts of Lebanon the electricity is coming only 5 hours a day. It used to be 12 when I was last there in 2005, but I guess the recession has taken a toll on it.

Yes, I'm the typical spoiled white kid in the eyes of my Middle Eastern counterparts and the classic middle class American college student in America.

Today was a hectic day. Enough said. Sometimes I would have to remind my mom that I was the one travelling to Lebanon, not she. She stresses over travel a lot.

Things to do:

- Clean my glasses

- Wipe my computer screen

- Throw in a laundry bag in my luggage

- Pack my toothpaste and toothbrush

- Put my camera battery back into the camera...don't forget the charger

- Charge my iPod

- Grab Freakonomics before I leave

- Get ready to meet all 70 million members of my family!

Peace,

Asil :)