I hesitate to make another entry before I actually arrive in Morocco, but this has been an eventful week...hell, an eventful day, really, and so I might as well write about it.

The number one piece of news is that I've been offered a book deal, which is ultimately insane.  Me?  A published author?  Here's a little-known fact: I write all day long, and all I've ever really wanted in life is to do it for a living.  This is all pretty unreal/surreal to me right now, but I suppose it's both a test and a big doorway.  A hudud if you will.

The number two piece of news is that I went to a Moroccan restaurant in Montreal the other night.  The first Moroccan restaurant I've been to outside of Morocco, to be precise; the decor was incredible, as was the ambience, and my company, of course (my friend Janine from Ottawa).  We walked in around 11:00 pm just for tea, and ended up also with a delicious dessert reminiscent of baklava.  Quite fantastic, and I'm glad I was able to experience one before actually returning to Morocco.

I'm 23 years old as of three months ago.  I'm pretty thrilled, especially in comparison to my "former self," to be able to say that by 25 I will have: graduated from college, lived in a foreign country for a year, written a book, and hopefully started grad school (or at the very least, figured out what it is that I want to do!). 

I am crossing the hudud.