How am I awake?

Last night, I didn’t sleep. The night before that, I only slept on and off. I don’t know how I’m still doing this. I’ve gotten pretty good at not sleeping. I know that when I’m…

The perfect storm for saving money

English teachers in Saudi Arabia make more money than they could most other places in the world. For that matter, they kind of make more than most people in the world doing anything. On the…

The walk through dust

Walking across campus to grab something to eat, the wind whips dust into the air and into my eyes. I can see but only barely. The dust paints the air brown with thick strokes, shrouding…