Nostalgic

This article made me cry!! I miss Amman, SO VERY much :(

اختزال..

تمتص ذاكرته موسيقى الطائرة كنشيد وطني..يغلق هاتفه المشغول بالغربة والوظيفة، ينظر من النافذة البيضاوية، عربات نقل صغيرة تزحف تحت الطائرات، وعمال آسيويون يتحركون في مدرج المطار بسترهم الفسفورية. وداعاً لصيف الغربة، وداعاً للروتين اليومي الذي أكل رغيف أيامي.. يتلمّس جواز سفره في الجيبة الداخلية، يفتحه على ختم الخروج؛ ما أشهى حبر هذا التاريخ، بين صفحاته تسقط ورقة،يكتشف انه يحتفظ بـ»بوردنج «اجازة الصيف الماضي من باب الذكرى ليس الاّ،وقصاصة أخرى من تذكرة «ترانزيت» استخدمها قبل سنتين،يرجع جوازه إلى مكانه، ثم يعيد توجيه فتحة مكيّف الطائرة عمودياً على رأسه، المغتربون ما زالوا ينسلون..عائلة تختار المقاعد الجانبية وطفل يقفز وطناً وفرحاً، في المقعد (13F) أب اشتعل رأسه غربة وكفاحاً يضم جاكيته إلى صدره ويغفو متطهّراً من وحدته الطويلة الطويلة.. تفوح من مقاعد العائدين رائحة الشوق..وعرق اللهفة النازف من مسامات الحلم...ثلاثمائة يوم تختزل في ثلاث ساعات...ياااااه ما أطول الثلاث ساعات...

تحلّق طائرة الرجوع عالياً عالياً تغسل المغتربين من تعب العيش بسحب صيفية..تمشّط إرهاقهم وأصوات أطفالهم...تهزّ بهم الفضاء كسرير رضيع..ترفعهم تارة إلى سماء الأحلام حتى لا يروا شيئاً وتارة تقترب بهم من جدب الأرض حتى لا يروا شيئاً أيضا..

يسرح العائد من جديد بدبق الغربة..السيارة في مصف الشركة،لا بد أن «نوشاد» سيغسلها كل يومين، والثلاجة مفرغة من آخر وجبة جاهزة..فيها ماء فقط، والماء لا يفسد...التكييف مطفأ..والستائر محكمة..الانترنت مسددّ حتى نهاية تموز..بطاقة الصرّاف بجيبي..ماذا بعد؟..هل سيفتقدني عمال المقهى..على أي حال ودّعت بعضهم لكني لم اجدّ البقية..التفاصيل الصغيرة تملأ كفة تفكيره.. فهي خلاصة يومه الممتلىء بلا شيء...

إشارة حزام الأمان تظهر على الشاشة..يتبعها صوت كابتن الطائرة عبر الميكرفون الداخلي...((سيداتي،سادتي اسعد الله مساءكم.. دقائق و يبدأ الهبوط التدريجي على مدرج مطار الملكة علياء الدولي..استغرقت الرحلة الى عمان ثلاث ساعات وعشرين دقيقة ، درجة الحرارة في الخارج 37 درجة مئوية والرطوبة 85..لسلامتكم يرجى ربط الأحزمة..والالتزام بالبقاء في مقاعدكم لحين الوقوف التام..مع تمنياتنا لكم بإقامة سعيدة.. عندها تمرّ إحدى المضيفات تعيد المقاعد إلى مكانها الطبيعي وتتأكد من أغطية الصناديق الفوقية...تبتسم للمسافرين وتمضي بطريقها...

تميل الطائرة يميناً..ثمة أودية متعرّجة كعروق نافرة في يد عجوز... تهبط أكثر..فيرى تقاسيم أمه المشتاقة أكثر... يتوضأ من سماء «الأردن»،يتوجه شطر وجه عمّان..يمدّ سجادة عينيه ويصلي...

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يا طائر الغربة...اهبط على دالية الشوق في مدرج «عمان»..فقد انضج الانتظار عناقيد قلوبنا...

Ahmad Hassan El-Zoubi.......Thanks for expressing my feelings.

Randomly Back!!

I haven’t been in the mood for blogging lately, but I am a loyal reader to y’all blogs. The # 1 reason behind me being away from posting was my hubby’s visit. He came during the break for couple of weeks and we were busy and having fun. It was much needed break for all of us.

I am also very busy at work having to teach an on-line course along with my full time job and handling 4 kids as a single mom :( but il 7amdellah so far I am able to manage all that.
Nothing new has been happening around other than we had snow yesterday and the kids and I are off for 4 days :( at first I was happy and thankful that we are kept warm in our house and I don’t have to drive on the messy roads but today I am SO done with that business. I want to go back to work……PLEASE!!

Take care,

Creativity

I like to decorate and do interior design, in my house of course!! Did I tell you that? Well, now you know ;)
Last week I was stroked by an idea of adding some distinction to my leather cushions that I have in my living room. I was thinking some crystal buttons in black and maroon red but I couldn’t find that type of accent buttons in Hobby Lobby. However, I found leather buttons with the same colors that I was looking for. I know that I am not making any sense, so I will leave with pictures and you will understand what I am talking about.



Before :(




After :)

What do you think? I am happy with the outcome :)
Love you all, have a wonderful weekend :)

Me being artistic

Since fall has started, I thought I should decorate my house entrance with something that has a fall theme. I went to Hobby Lobby and got the leaves and the a plain bamboo garland. With some hot glue here is my creation…Voila

So...what do you think!!

Work

7/16 was my first day at my new/old job. Before leaving to Lebanon, I used to work at a community college here in northwest Arkansas. I worked as an Academic Advisor and now I am back to the same place and job with extra addition; Learning Specialist, alhamdulillah. I am happy, excited, anxious, happy, excited, anx…..

I have been here for almost a month now. I have started my job three weeks after my arrival. I still have some things around the house that I haven’t finished yet. However, I have accomplished a lot in a very short time, so I am proud of myself and my hubby who really tried his best to have the house up and running in a short time, alhamdulillah.
I also have finished registering the girls in school and they will start in 8/19, can’t wait for that :) I still need to work on finding a school for Kareem though.
Today, I finally found a cleaning lady that will help me around the house, YAY. I am so happy and thankful for that. The house is so big and needs a lot of maintenance. The girls are helping in that while I’m at work, but I am SO picky and I like every job to be perfect so I end up complaining about their work and criticizing, which I know it’s wrong and discouraging, but I just can’t ignore any piece of dust on the furniture or a foot print on the floor :(

Don’t get bored, I’ll let you go now ;)

Take care

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Salam
I am back, and inshallah I will be posting more regularly because I will have a regular routine since I will be working. YES, I got a job, el7amdulellah.
I moved back to the states last month. We left Lebanon on the 11th of June and went to Amman. The move was smooth and easy, El7amdulellah. My hubby stayed in Amman for a day and left the next day. He wanted to go ahead of us so he can find a place to live and buy a car. I stayed 10 days in Amman after him and it was OK. I got to meet my cousins, attended a party, and best part was that my brother Fadi and his wife came all the way from Kuwait one day before our leave to say goodbye. We got to spend some good time together.
The trip back was SO easy, el7amdulellah. I was worried that Kareem will have hard time in the plane staying in one place for 14 hours, but there was a family with a big number of kids that he made friends with them and stayed with them most of the time…LOL
We got a big house, mashallah, and bought a VW van. Things happened very easily and we had the house furnished in no time, el7amdulellah. I have to keep thanking because I have been blessed from Allah SWT with too many things.
I will start my new job on Friday, YAY. I am so excited that my life is going back to normal. You know, I have been working all my life and those past two years that I stayed in Lebanon are the only time off that I had since I graduated from college. So now I am back into the employees’ world and I know I function a lot better when I am in it.
That’s a summary of my past days. Inshallah, I will be posting more often now :)

Bye for now

I miss blogging

Salam
I have been in a stage of moving from one country to another, that's why I wasn't blogging. I will post more as soon as I get settled in my house.
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