Wondering what folks are up to for #NewYearsEve .
I don't celebrate this holiday, but I did have a #Soberversary yesterday (21 years!). It's nice to remember that, but do I do anything special? Not really.
Today's WORK: #Quranic recitation lesson, more coursework in #TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language), working on the monthly blog post I do for a Quranic learning platform.
Today's PLAY: checking in with a friend who just lived through a polar vortex in eastern PA, going for a walk along the #RíoGenil, birding, listening to one of my new or borrowed #Audiobooks (either Marylebone by Mick Herron or Silences So Deep by composer John Luther Adams). The latter was recommended recently by #ChrisLaTray , the #IrritableMétis himself, and I'm very psyched to dig in.
And I'll probably buy a #Bandcamp gift card for my son.
#NewYearsEve #Soberversary #Quranic #tefl #RíoGenil #audiobooks #ChrisLaTray #IrritableMétis #bandcamp #InshaAllah
Yesterday I inadvertently plopped myself into a #Quranic recitation class, which means I struggle through #Arabic reading in front of others. But I'm more ready than I thought I was.
Sometimes I think Allah is saying, "jump in, the water's fine," or maybe it's "ok bozo, get on the bus with the rest of the imperfect humans." Maybe both.
And there's a grade school student in the class: so cute.