Ramadan Kareem b'lay! (Happy Ramadan!... I think) Sooo. Yesterday was the first day of Ramadan, where, during daylight hours, you don't drink, you don't smoke, you don't think sinful thoughts and (this is the kicker), you fast hardcore a la no food and no WATER. Anyone who knows me, and has seen me hungry, will know that me trying this from about 430 am to 630 pm is at once hilarious and kind of frightening. Yesterday wasn't too bad. I took a lovely hour long 'nap' before Suhoor, which is breakfast, at 330. I am consistently and determinedly becoming nocturnal, by the way. The cafe tried to serve me foul mesdames, but I was not having it- I'm sorry, if I'm not eating for the next 14 hours I don't want my last memory of food
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