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I got there at 12 and the woman who let me in (I’m not sure if she is a maid/cook or family member) told me Mme. Hassan was getting a “coif” and she gestured to her hair. Her brother was there. He got me some water and asked if I had the music because he would open the studio for me if I wanted to rehearse. I said I did.
I think Mme. Hassan got there at about 12:30. She looked at what I was doing, made a few corrections and left. She came back after 30 minutes or so with a man and he watched her showing me the moves. He took turns with her coming and checking up on me. I wasn’t sure if he was a family member or what. I waited 50 minutes and didn’t hear anything from her (she leaves me time to work independently after the lesson, but doesn’t always tell me the lesson is done). So I changed and went to her apartment.
The day before she’d mentioned going to look at costumes, but because I’d had plans with my partner, I declined and said we could go the next day (as she offered). So when I walked into the apartment, she asked if I’d like to go and look at costumes with another dancer who she had just finished giving a lesson to. I said yes and we drove over to the shop.
The other dancer was having a costume custom-made and was picking out the jewels and design for the costume. The ladies from the shop picked out a bunch of costumes for me to try on. I was a little timid. I didn’t know where to start, there were so many costumes. And every costume I tried on was my colour, elegant, a good fit, etc.
I finally choose a tan glitter one with big brown and orange beads. I was sweating bullets waiting to ask the price. I ate lunch and watched some more of the design process and then at 6 decided I should probably head back to the hotel. I finally asked Mme. Hassan the price. It was 2000LE. We made plans to meet the next day at 10.
I went back to the hotel and basically crashed.
9/11
Somehow the alarm clock I bought for our hotel room got misplaced. I’m always worried that I will wake up late, so I often wake up in the middle of the night. I woke up at 2 and decided to try the water to see if it was hot. It wasn’t. My partner went out to the front desk to ask why our water was always cold. They said let the tap run. I did and it finally became luke-warm.
I got to Mme. Hassan’s a bit early this day because I was nervous about traffic being bad. Sometimes the trip takes 4 minutes, but sometimes (and lately) it takes 20-25. I was about 5 minutes early. When I got there everybody was awake.
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