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The weather here in Jordan has changed significantly since we started this semester.  A good part about being from Arizona and coming to Jordan is the fact that the weather is pretty similar.  So when my host family was saying it was starting to get cold it was starting to get cold for me too.  Plus this last week it has rained a lot.  For Amman that is a surprise and even Jordanians are not used to rain.  For the next week the high temperature is going to around 14 degrees celsius (around 57 degrees fahrenheit ) while the low temperature is around 4 degrees celsius (around 39 degrees fahrenheit).  So these temperatures are a little bit cooler than what I am used to in Arizona.  Plus the houses here don't have central heating.  They do have space heaters that my family is usually huddled around at night while watching television.  Plus after I came back from vacation in each room there has been carpets/rugs that have been laid out on the floor.  Every room is all tile and so this makes it colder, but with the carpets/rugs it does help somewhat.  The cold weather is just starting and later on in December there is a small possibility of having my first snow day that cancels school.  Here in Jordan barely any snow cancels everything because the fact that people are afraid to go out in the snow.    

By the way Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  Here the study abroad program is putting together a turkey dinner for us.  In fact I would rather be having pollo asado, refried beans, tortillas, and fresh salsa for Thanksgiving dinner, but turkey will have to do.  Then tomorrow I have a field trip with one of my classes and we are going to be visiting some mosques located in the Jordan valley.  I need to finish my last paper for one of my area studies class this weekend before it is due on Monday.  Well I should start doing research for my paper.  Will write later.  إن شاء الله