Life after Ramadan

Ramadan is over :(
I am really sad for that. I honestly have hard time with it at the beginning. You know; new job, 4 kids and husband, coming home late, and worship that needs to be fulfilled In order to feel that I have done something good for myself and paid the respect to Allah S.W.T during this holy month. However, it turned out that I accomplished everything I wanted in a complete manner, ALHAMDULELLAH. I even was able to make Tahajod for that last 10 days at the Masjed….YAY

EID :)
It was awesome. We went to Eid prayers where I met a lot of my friends that I missed for couple of years when I was in Lebanon. Next, we went for breakfast at IHOP and it was YUMMY!! The kids have enjoyed every minute of that morning. After that, went for Eid visits at couple of our friends.

Dallas :D
Is where we headed afterwards!! We came home after the visits, packed and hit the road for a family trip. Hubby booked the hotel and off we went. It was very nice and relaxing. We met our friends, the E’s. They have moved from Huston to Dallas so we explored the city together. While driving on the road I received a very nice phone call from work to tell that I’ve been granted a promotion in my job. So now I became an “Instructional Designer” … YAY YAY YAY. I love this job because it’s all about the degrees that I earned in my M.ed and Ph.d, so I will be utilizing what I have learned to do. Al7amdulellah Da2eman wa Abadan.

Pictures!!
Here are some of the shots that I took during the Eid weekend :)

shopping in Dallas with Baba

Eid P.Js

Kareem and Zuzu on the way to the Masjid :)

The kids with Baba after Eid prayers

      Hope you all had a joyous time with your loved ones

                                                                                  Love ~

Dubai

Salam friends
I am leaving to Dubai in 4 hours :). I am so excited and sad at the same time because I am leaving the kids. Mom and dad came the day before yesterday and I was spoiled, to say the least :)
Hope you all are doing well and inshallah I will talk to you all soon.
Fe Aman Allah

Finals….again :(

Finals for the second term have started at my girls’ school. It is hard and intense time for me but not for them :$ I usually don’t work with the two oldest unless they want me to help them memorize stuff, but my work with them is REMINDING which is a tough task. I have to keep following them; Are you done, do you need help, did you finish all the material, go to bed early, etc, etc, etc… yet, I have to study with Zayna. I usually do English, Arabic, SS, and H. does the math and science. Now the BIG challenge is to keep Kareem busy while we are doing work with Zayan. He will want to have and do whatever she is doing….lol

We got the visas for Dubai, YAY. However, we will not be leaving the first week of April; we will be leaving the second week. The reason is; my brother’s friend is getting engaged in Amman so he and his wife are flying from Kuwait to attend the party so I found it not fair to make my mom come to stay with the kids while her son (my brother) is coming to Amman and she won’t be able to see him. So I decided that we can go the week after and this way mom can attend the party and see Fadi, and also me and H. can spend the spring break with the kiddos and do some sightseeing in Lebanon. Inshallah this will be for everyone’s good, ameen.

I have been reading all your posts my dear readers but I do that on my iphone when I lay in my bed to sleep. I love reading all your posts. I will try to go over them again and leave a comment because there is a lot to be said in some of them.

I am back on the jogging schedule since the weather permits now. It de-stresses me and helps me focus.

I have a lot of work to finish today, but ZERO desire to start anything…..so help me god.

I hope your days are off to a good start.

Love,