Another Editing Day?

10:05am, I just received a SMS from Tanya that there will be no lesson today with the Sheikha. 10:08am, I received a SMS from the Sheikha stating there would be no class as people are afraid or cannot travel but that she would SMS me later if the situation improved to pick me up for lunch.

I reflected last night to M that we were really lucky so far. He came here to Lebanon and had a great time while politics were on hiatus, I was able to knock of one week of shooting last week although this week was meant to be our biggest push yet (6 shooting days which if we're lucky know we'll have about 3 or 4). And, it's not as if I didn't anticipate something like this would happen...I was pushing for locking down our schedule and working as much as possible in case today would happen.

The question is whether or not this is just a one day thing. The news is on in the main room asks the question as well. What does Nasrallah have in mind for us?

And, the girls aren't going to class today. There seems to be some vague attempts at bonding, I was invited to eat maanusha which I declined since I need to keep a vague eye on my wedding weight and to my chagrin they don't drink coffee so they can't ooh and ahhh at my stellar Arabic coffee. One popped in to say, "don't go out, eh? You're new." Oh, if I only I was yet I think I'd have to live here a lifetime before I'd be able to even crack the cultural and political nuances here, rather I regular step on cultural land mines.

For now, I'll go back to logging...a necesarry task as I am floored by the openness and kindness the sheikha and students have provided me...and hope this doc. will be the groundbreaking film that it seems to be becoming.