Katie is my roommate and, therefore, the person I spend the most time with. We have a great relationship and out of all of the girls, I know for certain that Katie and I will remain friends long after our adventures in Egypt are over. As roommates we get along great. We both like to have our personal ‘down time’ after work, we are both interested in language, (Katie has a degree in linguistics and speaks 4 different languages), and we also both like reading, travel, and music. She has a great sense of humor, and we spend a lot of time together in our apartment just hanging out and laughing hysterically over things.
Because she has never taught before, the first month here was pretty difficult for Katie. She had a tough time adjusting to the demands of teaching, (she is one of the Kindergarten teachers at our school), and she went through a bad case of culture shock too. There were several times that she was ready to pack up and leave, but I kept asking her to give it time because things always get better. It is really hard sometimes to live in a foreign country when everything that is familiar to you is gone. Katie has gone through some ups and downs, but has become a great teacher in the time that she has been here. She has a great bond with her students and they absolutely adore her.
Although she is in her early 20s, Katie seems to still be kind of dependent on her parents. She is very close to them and talks about how much she misses home constantly. The only thing that has stopped her from returning home so far is the fact that her parents paid for her plane ticket to come here and she doesn’t want to disappoint them. However, we have a 3 week semester break from the school in January, and Katie recently decided that she is going to go home over break and not return. She has already booked her flight, but now she is having second thoughts again and wants to stay. I hope she does, because I will really miss her if she goes.
P.S. Katie is the best female-Eminem rapper I have ever seen; she's amazing
