The Weekend!!

OK, i have to say its pretty cool that we just come on here and write about whats happening in our lives, hoping that people actually care... lol.. so if you do, let me tell you about what happened this past weekend..

Friday: Since we are down to one car (we sold the other if you haven't been paying attention :)), Sabiha dropped me off to work in the morning cause she had a lunch date with her work friends. A few hours into my workday, I started feeling sick so she came to pick me up...Dont quite know what was wrong, just severe stomach pain... I came home and basically slept till the evening.. At night, we both went to KD's house where LA Union was throwing us a surprise (not really a surprise) going away party. Really nice of them and super nice of our chairman, KD, and his family who hosted the party (not really a party, more social gathering). Thank you LA Union!

Saturday: Saturday was not a good day for me (though could have been worse, so Alhamd!). I was much more sick then I was the day before, so basically stayed in bed. Sabiha, my gift from God, took great care of me and we actually got some quality time to spend toghether (however, i was sleeping for most of it, lol). The guy who bought out furniture came to pick up the rest of it, however the dude was 2 hours late!!! WHAT!!! 2 hours late, are you kidding me, like we had nothing better to do. Well, we truly had nothing better to do, but still, 2 hours late! That's ridiculous!

Sunday: Because I wasn't totally well, missed volleyball this morning, and u know what, life went on... though it was tragic!! Sabiha and I went out to lunch to one of our favorite restaurants, Aladdin, Jr, then went to CostCo with Jamil (my brother). You need a membership to get in and out of CostCo so Jamil had to come and get us in and then come and get us out..lol... Thank you for all your help Jamil!! So basically CostCo is this place where you can get everything you want in huge, bulk quantities. We bought alot of the essentials that we need for Sham, ie.. toothpaste, toothbrush, medications...etc (cause they dont have toothbrushes and toothpaste in Syria, lol.) We felt we should buy all the basic stuff from here, so we dont have to worry about them when we get there. Smart huh?!!! K, thats if for now... will write more later!! Peace

An eventful day!!

OK, so getting a little better at updating this blog, iA it will continue :) so yesterday, we made some progress! I got to work and started calling different places to start cancelling our services...ie car insurance, house phone and internet...etc. Kind of a reality check, lol, its really happening!!! WOW! Then we decided to book our tickets to TO to say our farewells to our parents and family. A few months ago we checked United Airlines cause we had enough miles to get 2 free tickets but we never booked it at that time. Then 2 weeks ago we checked again and there were no available dates...WHAT???? lol, lots of suprises along the way. So yesterday, we did the 2nd best thing, we Priceline.com our tickets and WE GOT THEM!!! So we are leaving on Aug 14 and coming back on the 27th!!! You know what that means??? We hardly have any time left!!! AAAHHHHH...lol.

Also yesterday, Sabiha put picture of our Sofa's and coffee table up on Craigslist around 1 in the afternoon. Within half an hour the first person called and within the next few hours, we received 4 calls for them. Amazing! So the first couple that called came by last night and checked them out, aaaannnnddd, they bought them!!!!! Woohoo... this means that all of our big furniture is officially SOLD!! Alhamd!!

thats it for now...will write more later.. if anyone is reading...lol

...packing...packing and more packing!!!

Ok so I keep going through these phases where I feel like we have SOOO much to do still and are going to be in a state of panic until the last minute...and then all of a sudden my nerves calm down and I begin to feel like there's not much to do and that we'll be ok lol I can't decide...the good thing I suppose is Jaffer and I take turns to panic lol ok ok i take that back, he never panics it's just me - he's always the one keeping me sane!

Sooo the awesomest ( yes i just made that word up! ) thing happened...one of Jaffer's friends told us that there's this family that is looking for a car...and so they came to see one of our cars that we wanted to sell...and guess what? they bought it...not only did they buy the car, they bought both our cars, our TV, bedroom furniture, shelves, dishes --- they practically bought everything!!! so what a huge relief that was...everything seems to be falling into place.

My last day of work was on Friday, so this is my first week at home...and I'm getting quite a bit done, in between lunches with friends and stuff. It feels more real now that I'm not at work and our apartment has filled up with boxes and suitcases! Anyhow that's it for now...things should start to get more exciting as we get closer - and then especially once we write from there...

...packing...packing and more packing!!!

Long time no write...

Ok...so I know its been a looong time since the last entry, but this is all kinda new for Sabiha and I. So, alot has gone on the last few weeks. Yes, its true, we are going, but since then alot has been going on. Alhamd, we found someone who wants both our cars...i know, can you believe it!?!?! and the same guy is buying most of our furniture. Truly, there is no doubt God is Great!! Besides that, Sabiha quit her job last week (she will mention more about it in her entry), so now everything is becoming a reality. We are really anxious i think, want things to happen right away and for us to get answers right away. But thats really not happening :) either way, things are moving along.... will write something more later!!

It's OFFICIALLY official!

A lot of of our close friends and family know we have been thinking of moving abroad for further studies...for those of you who didn't know, guess what?? we're thinking of moving abroad!!! lol

So the long awaited decision has been made, and we have decided to take on a once in a life time opportunity. We are moving to Syria to pursue a 4 year postgraduate course...to begin a journey of a lifetime for our betterment and that of our community. We thank you all for your constant encouragement and support. We hope to keep this page updated as often as possible and would love for you to follow us on our journey...