Iron Chunk

It's supposed to be a pun on both Iron Chef and Iron Man...

Why?

Because today is my first day back at the gym *and* my first day cooking!

It's 1:30 and as the housekeeper is about to arrive, I'm going to AUC to submit my passport for residency renewal, and visit the security office to report a harasser who has been calling more than 15 times/day for the past 5 days or so (just some random person who speaks no English and probably just dials my number randomly) -- won't get into all the failed steps I tried to take, already, to solve that problem, because then I'll feel frustrated and unmotivated :) I'll then head over to the Hyatt for a workout (with my new Nano) and lunch with a book that I'll review, later. Tonight will be heavy Arabic, as classes resume tomorrow, and I want to make a work plan for what I'll be doing outside Kalimat (my language school) to supplement my learning.

On the horizon, I also want to tighten up the work that I did last semester on humanitarian law and the insurgency in Iraq, so that it's fit for the Harvard web-portal (did I already explain that, here?), and will need to start working, on the 17th, on the syllabus for the course that I'm TA-ing in the Spring (Human Rights in the Middle East and Africa).

We'll see if the lentils actually get cooked, tonight, since I might be having lentils later at the Hyatt, but they are sitting in my flat, now, so I have everything I need to make my first meal...ever (other than hot pockets).

VC

Edit: I forgot that Ricco is racing in the men's pursuit, today! Might have to come home after AUC, as that starts at 3:30PM...then gym before dinner. But what to do with the housekeeper?? Have her come back on Thursday. Yes, that's the plan.