De retour à Montpellier

I've been back in Montpellier for two weeks now, and have been running around most of that time. My soutenance went well - at least, I got a 18, but then my two profs critiqued my paper for approximately two and a half hours, 95% of which was negative critique. So that, combined with the high grade, leaves me a little unsure as to the overall quality of the work! But it's a new year and a new thesis paper around the corner, so I'll try to improve this time around.

Another piece of good news is that Ahamed and I had our Muslim marriage ceremony. So we can now live together without those nagging moral doubts - yay! We will be going to the mairie at some point in the future for the official papers, but that will probably be at least some months dozn the road.

It is Ramadan and Ahamed's sister, Ahamed and I have been taking turns cooking the evening meal. Yesterday I did a Mexican night with Spanish rice, spiced red beans, and quesadillas with salsa and sour cream.

I hope to be able to write more fully and more regularly soon, but internet is a bit hard to come by right now - I hope that'll change soon.