Happy Monday! Hope you all have a good one. Today I work, trying at 10am to close a $5,000 carpet order. Then at 3pm measure another house. I get to come home then and hibernate. It is a whopping 14 degrees here.

What's everybody else doing today?

Jackie

somebody tell me when it's Tuesday

At work now then dentist this afternoon seems to be warming here mostly melted but ice in few shaded areas

was supposed to have a dental appt this am, but my crown didn't come in, so i'm waiting til it does. also waiting for directTV to come install (since they didn't show up Sat. ) and cleaning house since I blew it off yesterday and spent the majority of the day visiting friends! teaching class tonite
It's 33 degrees here!

Snowin' out today and of course since it's the first snow everyone has seemed to forget how to drive in it.



I really don't wanna leave my office today for nuthin' but I have to for a 1pm meeting. This week will go by quick I think since I have a business trip to Philly Wed - Fri. I can't wait...never been to the liberty bell, though I hear it has a crack in it.

whatcha need?

I don't wanna be awake! Wanna go back home and sleep under all 5 layers of blankets! I'm feeling under the weather this morning. Runny nose, cough, and the wonderful sore throat. I am so cold too! My bank is always so dang cold. I have the heater one next to me all year round. But anyway, I am glad to be alive. My mother is going to be leaving KC this morning and head here to visit for a week or two. Not to excited about that though. How do you get a full grown woman who acts more like a rebelious teenager, to follow and respect the rules you have made for your house? So, just a heads up, this week I may not be in such a great mood. Hope you all have a good day.

Janine, it's *your* home... even tho she's mom, she should obey the rules of your house. You had to obey her rules in her house, now it's time for turnaround! Good luck!

Froze my tush off walking to work this morning. I think I need to invest in some thermals. I'm a nervous wreck today. I'm trying to keep my mind on my work BUT IT AIN'T HAPPENIN'. I hope there aren't too many days of this nonsense. A person has to be able to make a living, you know?

Hope everyone keeps warm and the day blows by quickly. I would be happier home in bed myself.

Another weekend??? I am seriously sleep deprived . . . .

PLUS, I am so hoping NOT to be sent to Ohio this week, hehe . . . although I should be saying "thank you, thank you, thank you" to my manager for getting me off the bench, I was hoping to sail thru to the end of the year without any work travel,

(((hugs))))

I think we're all on pins and needles for you too!!!!!

Maybe I need a finger muzzle...

Doodle- Your coming to Philly?!

Okay s Monday is starting to look more appealing. I received an email from my finace. We have a phone date tonight. (nudge nudge wink wink)





Yesterday afternoon I had an interesting conversation with someone. They were shocked (though they would deny it, the look on their face said it all) when i described my wedding ring choice. I have decided on wearing 2 bands for my wedding ring. Both in silver. One a silver band from Morocco and one a silver band from Tiffany's. (yes i want the little blue box and yes I watch Breakfast at Tiffany's too much ) . I was told that silver is not approriate for a weddng ring because it is not gold. I was told if I do not like gold, I should get white gold because my wedding ring should reflect the importance of my committement. Silver is just too cheap to reflect this! .

I'm guessing they're not Muslim.... or they would know that Muslim men are required to wear silver, women can wear gold, but don't *have* to. Now, not that all Muslims ascribe to that, but there ya have it....
You do what *you* want to do.

We got moved into our new house on Friday. Got most of the boxes unpacked and things put in it's place. The carport is full of empty boxes. I cant even get my tahoe in there. The garbage guys are gonna hate us on Thursday. Hachemi and I both are so exausted and are now sick. We are going to the civil surgeon this afternoon to get the vaccination document done for AOS. It is ready to send except for that. I will be glad to get it sent off, finally. Hope every one has a good day.

Meriem

Was it JP? (only kidding JP). and what about my committment, I don't even wear a ring!

Not sure who said this, but I think for a lot of MENA people, gold is valuable because it holds its value. Diamonds, other stones and siliver are considered 'cheap'. Thel thinking is that gold gives a women wealth independent of her husband.

White anglo-saxon christian American thinking in my case

surprised they didn't insist the band contain diamond baguettes then!

Yeah. I fly in Wed night and fly out Fri night. Do you live near there?

I plan on doing exactly what I want to do But I was talking about my rings on my hand, not for my SO. When we first met, we exchanged rings. I had this silver ring from Italy htat I always wore on my middle finger, It was inexpensive but I loved it. He had a ringer (with some of the Berber Alphabet on it) that did't fit even my middle finger well but I loved it. After we exhanged rings I was teased by the people I was traveling with (both Moroccan and American) because either I made a huge cultural faux pas or I was engaged. Turns out I did end up being engaged

He still wears my ring. I lost mine in the airport. I know my SO will want to continue to wear this ring of mine rather than buy a wedding ring for himself.

You know, Noura, I have been told that Muslim men are not supposed to wear gold, but while in Egypt, it seemed a normal thing to get simple gold wedding bands . . . they have bags full of these things that they pull out when you go to the jeweller . . . already sized up, lol, and ready to engrave with your names. These are basic bands. . . . no diamonds anywhere.

After all that, I find out my husband prefers silver, . So maybe I should get him a silver ring with a skull on it?

I once had a long discussion with a group of Saudis who tried to convince me that the gold they were wearing was not haram because it was only 14kt and therefore not real gold.

That is what Usama told me. I asked what we will do about rings and he said we'll just go to the store and get them and have them engraved. I was kinda shocked like it was no big deal but I guess it's a common thing. I could care less what I wear. I just want something to remind me of him though.

Do you know if the sizes there are the same as sizes here? He said he could get it done ahead of time if he knew my size but I don't even know my size since I"ve lost weight and I wasn't sure if it would be the same or not.

Doodle...they usually have several different sized rings on hand. Wide bands, thin bands also. I chose a thin, simple band for myself. Gold prices go up and down so I hope you guys catch it on the down cycle. When I was there last year in Dec. gold was about 70LE a gram. In the summer it was up to 102LE a gram.

Mohamed has a silver band but it's kinda crappy silver so I'll prob. get him a better one once he's here inshallah.

Moody, my Mohammed has worn his crappy silver ring for 4 years, so for our wedding anniversary this year, I bought him a better shiny one and when he went to take off his original wedding ring, his face was so sad. I asked him what was wrong, and he said he preferred the worn ring with more meaning.

Needless to say, I returned the new ring and he proudly wears the ring I gave him in Jordan.

Jean, you are almost at '2'

Jackie

I live in Philly.

Cool!!! I haven't reallly gone over the agenda in great detail enough to know when I get out each day but maybe if we have time I could meet you for coffee! If not, can you recommend a good place to get an authentic Philly Cheesesteak? I'll be staying at the Hyatt to give you an idea of location. Is there anything good to do within walking distance?

I am sick. I am leaving at 2:30 today. When I told my co-worker that I was leaving, she was like I'm sick too, but you don't see me crying over it. Well excuse me. I don't like to cry, and I especially don't like being sick, so when I start to cry, you know that I am sick. I hate being sick! I hate feeling like I can't do anything. I hate having to use my PTO when I am sick, instead of when I am healthy and able to go on a vacation! So I called my husband and told him that I am going home early because I am sick and he started to make fun of me too. He was like "oh your sick? No migraine right?" Everytime I don't feel well he automatically says something about my migraines! I can't help that I have migraines! I wish I could get to the bottom of these damn migraines! I hate being sick and I hate having migraines! I wish for one day he could get one of my migraines and then he would know why the heck I can't work with a migraine and Why I take medicine to get rid of it!

Oh there I go again. Anyway I think I am going to get out of here. Have a good day everyone.

Maybe it would be a good idea to discuss with your doctor why you are sick so often.

I was recently thinking the same thing.

The Hyatt on Front? Next to the river? Penns Landing? There's loads to do around there. That's old city. THat's where you will find most of the historic stuff. Penns Landing, liberty bell, betsy ross house, ben franklins house, Independence hall, Independence visitor center where you can get maps of all the historic places, the new constitution building... can't really think of any others right now. Wednesday nights, there is a place I like to go Salsa Dancing called Brazils. It starts at 9 and is $5. There's a lesson from 9-10 and free dancing after the lesson. Also lots of good places to eat. There's two moroccan restraunts down there and one middle eastern. Those are actually on South Street. I recommend "Imperial Few" That's at 2nd and South. Then there's another place that I can't remember the name but that's at 4th and South. the other is marrakech and that's somewhere between 4th and 6th and south. Never been to that one. South street is a hoping area with a lot of neat stores. Anyway, I am working Wednesday until 10, Thursday until about 7, and Friday until 6:30-7:00, so I am always up for coffee after work.

It's called Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue


Oh and I agree...you should at least have an mri to see if there's anything funny going on in your head. I had one done for my migraines and it at least gave me peace of mind.

I been going to the doctor's and telling the the same things over and over. They say... Maybe it's you allergies to shell fish(my stomach), Maybe you get migraines becuase of a trigger, maybe maybe maybe.... I am tired of hearing maybe. When I asked them to do an internal scan to make sure I am really fine, they were like "your not telling us any serious things at the moment so we can't do that." What the heck! I was getting migraines 3-4 times a week til I started this new medicine. I still get them and I got one the other day just from wearing a hat! I don't know any of my medical history and I have told them this many times. No blood tests, no searches for anything! For all I know I could be dying from a tumor or cancer, or really have something wrong! And why the heck don't I have a period?! I hate this! I hate not knowing anything about my body! What the hell is wrong with me?! I am having such a bad day!

awwww.... Janine, that sux - i know this hug won't make it all better, but i'm sending it anyway *hugs*
surely you could find some doctor that will order these tests for you - specially if they are at *your* expense - it's not like it would kill them to do it.

If they are not finding a cause, maybe you frequent illnesses are psychophysiological in nature. You talk about a lot of stressors. You never know. It might be worth looking into.

I would get a second opinion pronto!!! Get a doctor who will run thorough tests. I used to think it was just all in my head until I finally found a pcp willing to do tons of blood tests and we found out my ana level was out of whack which indicated that I have an auto-immune disorder (normally Lupus but also can be Rheumatoid Arthritis, etc.). ONce that was determined they finally gave me the MRI, though thank goodness nothing showed up.

I hope you get to the bottom of it 'cause missing your cycle like that is just an indicator that something is going on.

Tangerine is really good, too. I wouldn't call it Moroccan, but the guides call it that. It is good, though.



I don't know how insurance works where you live, but it sounds like it's time to go to another doctor or medical group ASAP.

Awww..I'm glad I come to mind when Tiffany's is mentioned.

Oh and I LOVE the little blue box, I have a few.

I am pms-ing... and I've had to call provider's billing departments all day. Ohhhhhhh man that's a patience-trier. "Um, like ok, so that is a really old date of service, k? So like its stuck in the system purge so it totally won't be accessible until um maybe next week, k? Um, you could maybe like call back then?"

What happened to PROFESSIONALISM??? K?

Helloooo,

I hope everyone has a good day!

Janine- I agree with Bosco and Jenn

JP- I miss you

ooohh oh oh oh and Mooody good luck! Are you nervous?


Sarah

Jenn, is it making you crazy that at this moment Monday is sandwiched b/t Thursday & Sunday's threads?

Not anymore! Thanks, noura!

I have stuff to do and I don't wanna.

I miss you too!

They had a ring sizer there and just slipped on a ring that i was wearing to get the size . . . then they found one of the same size.

Why don't you draw around another ring you have and send it to him?? do you have a scanner, lol?? you will be there so soon that I hesitate to recommend doing the "string around the finger" and mailing it to him, hehe.






I am not going to respond in the wrong day thread anymore .