Another week is ending, another week closer. Hope you all have a good day.

TGIF eveyone. Kids are just off to school got lots to do so everyone have a great day!

Mary

Another week down! WHOOO HOOOO! Guess I have to go to work to finish off the week. This week has caused another 4 pound weight loss so I may actually get to my goal weight soon! Khallids birthday is tomorrow. We both really thought we would be together by now so we are both sad. He doesn't know this, but I have called a few of his friends and family and he will be getting little birthday surprizes all day from me. Now we are are praying he will be here for my birthday (and our 1 yr anniversay) in July.

I hope everyone has a great day and weekend!

congrats Amy on your weight loss! THAT has to be making u feel good


we are preparing for our getaway as far as booking hotel & day cruise. hopefully we will see lots of dolphins


good luck to all awaiting news.

Good morning, everyone. Just got done talking with Hachemi. My petition should be in Algiers today. Hopefully Hachemi will get his packet soon. We already have all of his documents and translations. He needs to get his photos made soon. MHandMB told me from the time their petition was sent to algiers until the interview was 6 weeks. I hope it is the case for us too, Inshaallah. I will have to go to Pensacola next week. My daughter is pregnant and has placenta previa.(placenta is over the cervix.) She is at high risk for early labor or bleeding and she is only at 5 months, so they have put her to bed. I thought I would go after Kyle gets out of school and help her out with 2 year old Olivia. Dont know how long I can stay. I may have to come home after a few weeks and go back another time. I wish she was not so far away. She is about 5 1/2 hour drive from me.

Have a good day and a great weekend!

Meriem

Meriem,
I'm sorry to hear about the problems with your daughter. I hope everything goes well with her pregnancy!

A little cheerier news, it only took 6 1/2 weeks from the time the petition was sent from the NVC till Amed actually had his visa in hand. It was only 4 weeks till he got his interview. Just make sure you have everything ready and have Hachemi make his medical appt. as soon as possible after he gets his packet. Once you have that, call the consulate and tell them you want the first appointment. We had some trouble getting through on the phone, so I also sent an e-mail, and they were pretty good about getting back to me. I know I was lucky, and I feel awful for those having such problems in Morocco, Lebanon, and Egypt.

Amed and I are going up to Charlotte this weekend for a family reunion. It's the first time he'll meet my extended family, and they'll all be in one room, which is scary even for me! They're all from the south, very conservative Christians, and most of them haven't travelled a lot. Their only familiarity with Middle Eastern/North African Muslims is what they hear on TV and read in the news, so I'm a little nervous on how they will be. They're sweet people, just not well-informed, and I just really hope it goes well.

I'm also going to try on wedding dresses! We'll see how that goes.

Hope everyone has a fabulous Friday and a great weekend!

well, good morning everyone! Meriem, I'm so sorry to hear abt your daughter. I hope all smoothly w/ her pregnancy and that we have a happy healthy baby in a few months!
I stayed up way too late putting together a computer desk so I could get the dang computer out of my bedroom! Ahhh... maybe I can get somewhat organized too w/ my bills! Full day of clients at work, then straight to the restaurant for my dance gig. I also have a wedding shower gig and lesson tomorrow nite, so that should be fun.
JW, I hope your day is calm and uneventful! How did your songwriting session go w/ Moh last nite? I hope you had a nice visit.
Bonne weekend everyone!
Noura

Im off today...
So just going to relax and spend a little times on VJ....
Go for a walk with the dog and enjoy the nice weather

Meriem _ Sorry to hear about your daughter. Inshallah everything will be fine. Just make sure she follows doctors order.

I am so beat up today. We had a dinner/Award Cerimony after work yesterday with I won a nice Digital Camera at (yeeeeaaahhhh). I got home around 9PM and then My in Laws come over and are there till midnight. I finally got to sleep around 1AM and had to wake up for work this morning.

Never thought I would say this but I'm glad to be back to work. Those last few days were so boring.
I just didn't want to wake up at 4am to get ready for work Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Noura, thank you. Yes the evening with Mohammed was lovely. His guitarwork last night was more then impressive. The man really should be recording somewhere. He's that talented, bias aside. I made notes for lyrics and hopefully this weekend I can begin. As far as my day... it all kind of hit the fan here at work. My stress is off the richter scale and I finally broke. I sat here crying to my boss (I'm so embarassed) that I just cannot do it ALL and the guy I'm "supporting" has pretty much left it all on me while he goes off and plays with the guys in the warehouse all day long, or wanders off somewhere else. Now I'm sitting here with a horrible dizzy spell which is I'm here typing instead of filing. Everything is spinning and I don't really want to leave my chair. I don't mean be such a whiner. I know that's what I've been the last few days and I'm sure everyone is sick of it. God knows I am! I will be looking for another job as soon as Moh's visa is approved (enshaa Allah). I'm afraid a job change now would just throw a huge monkey wrench into the works and I just can't bear the thought of delays. I really need some time to just rest in quiet and i hope this weekend will provide it.

Meriem, my prayers are with you and your daughter. I'm sure it will all work out and she will follow her doctor's instructions.

I hope everyone else is enjoying the day. The sun is actually shining here today and it's a wonderful thing to see.

noura... sounds like you are a busy busy lady! don't forget to get some rest in there! *hugs* hope ya have a wonderful day... and weekend!

lost... congrats on the camera! yay! i hope that you have a restful weekend...

jw... bless ya! i think it was a good idea to tell your boss what is going on... i surely hope that you have a better day today... and an absolutely blessed weekend! *hugs*

meriem... pls keep us updated to your daughter's health. i will be praying for her... and for you... hope that you have a safe journey... and a wonderful time with your daughter and family... *hugs* yay for the petition being in algeirs! hope that interview comes soon!!!

hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend... and gets answers to prayers... needed rest... and finds some peace within that will see you through the coming week...

ps: went to the doctor yesterday... my bp is down to normal... got some medicine for migraines (10 tablets for $170... OUTRAGEOUS... but it is something new on the market... supposed to be a wonder drug)...

sending out lotsa love to ya!
Lynne

Wow Lynne! That's a lot for migrane meds. Which one did he put you on? Those migranes can be a booger. I've learned that when I know I'm getting one, I will down a couple Mountain Dews for the caffiene and a couple Exedrin. Seems to work as well as the Midran the docs gave me.

I have the day off today (we didnt have snow day this year so we get a day off near the end), my friends have planned a girls day before Ali gets here. We will be having lunch together and watching "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". I have spent all morning cleaning my room and preparing for Ali's arrival.

Then in the afternoon I want to go finalize everything for the wediding, it was all pending on the interview and well I can now say he's coming ! Then all weekend I am going to lock myself into my room and try to finish as much homework as I can so I wont be sitting and doing homework alot when Ali comes.

Meriem sorry to hear about your daughter.


As for the rest of this day.....BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, which how I have felt about this whole week.

Well, the dizzy spell won. It got worse and worse until I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep my stomach down. I started tasting blood again. (The last time I stressed out like this I had a mega nose bleed that wouldn't stop.) So I said screw it. I left. I'll go in tomorrow for a few hours when I can work in peace. The drive home was a challenge but sometimes God moves his hand over you. There were no cars on the road I take at all... which is very weird. Good thing. I got home and laid down, and after an hour Mohammed called me. I answered to hear my favorite song being played on guitar. He learned it today and wanted to surprise me. I've been out on the deck in the sun, listening to the geese down by the lake just resting. I'm still dizzy but its not quite as bad as it was. Hopefully after a few more hours it will go away completely.

You know, I blame my job and yes its a huge factor, but this waiting game makes the normal every day stresses a million times more intense. I've seen so many on this board mention migraines and blood pressure problems. I think we should all conspire to PMS at the same time and march on Washington. What do you say?

just_waiting, what is the one thing in the world you love (aside from Muhammad of course)? Find what you love, and do it! Also enjoy the little time left you have as a single woman. Go out with some girlfriends, eat tons of ice cream and pizza together, cause when Mohammad comes, the time for that goes waaaaaaaaay down.



On the front here, Amera and Youssef and coming to visit this weekend, inshaAllah! Yaaaaaaay!

Meriem, I'm sorry about your daughter... knew she was pregnant, didn't know she had a condition. Take good care of her and call me if you don't have internet access.

On another note, my friday is

Amy... the medicine is called maxtel or maxell... it is something new... when i get home, i will put the correct name... it is a teeeeeeeeeeny tiny tablet... only 10 mg... made me sleep allllllllll night! i took it @ 5:30 pm yesterday... was in bed by 6:30 pm... and slept until 7:15 this morning...
this morning, i felt a little fuzzy... but feeling okay now...



jw... *hugs*... please try to take the rest of the day at a slower pace... relax and enjoy the weather... the sounds of nature... close your eyes and just breathe in and out... let the peace just settle in your body... and your spirit... i will be praying for ya!
*hugs*
Lynne

hope everyone else is up to par today...
*hugs* icey... hope your friday night is lots better than your friday...
when ya leaving? got everything together? make ya list and check it twice...
Lynne

I posted this in the yalla thread but figured it is also about today so..I'm postin again....

ok..most of you know that hubbie had a job interview today with the cable company...The manager told him that he is too qualified for the position that is available and that he may do better in the St. Louis facility since they do more detailed troubleshooting. Hubbie told them he may have all these extra qualifications but he needs to get his feet in the door to learn the ways of America before he can have the "bigger" jobs. (I thought that was very professional of him to say). The manager said he didn't think he could start hubbie at a rate of pay that he deserves so he told us the pay/hr and said to go home and think about if he still wants to try the job. He said he can be flexible but can't pay more than the ppl are making that have been there for 2 years. He said he has no reason not to hire hubby so he is just waiting for our reply. ISN'T THAT EXCITING!!! My area doesn't offer much in hubbies field of experience so this job is the perfect job for him here...and it is doing what he likes to do... BETTER YET hubbie is stoked for this...he said he would be so much happier in this job......I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high but I really pray he gets this job!! Keep the prayers comming!!! I'll keep ya updated

amal

amal... i have fingers, toes, eyes crossed for your hubby ... wishing for good luck to get this job..

oh wait... gotta uncross the eyes... lol... everything else is crossed tho!
lol
Lynne

amal that's wonderful news.... it may be better if he does take a job with a little less responsibility to start, so that he doesnt get a bind... let him get to know people and how to interact with people before he takes on a big task!