Random Thoughts.

Ramadan is over, and I have 11 days of fasting to make up (check out Dana Bader’s blogger for information regarding Ramadan). It has not been hard to fast, but everyone in my family thought it would be, because it came during the hot August weather this year. In fact, it was the easiest Ramadan I can remember fasting.

Eid, the 3 day Muslim holiday, started this past Sunday; I spent it doing homework and working on a research paper. Then Monday and Tuesday I went to class. Fun, fun. However, my husband and I went to a friend’s house Sunday afternoon for a night-time bar b q. It was great. I was the only non-Indian at the whole get together, but I didn’t feel left out. My mother and sister are still having fun in Lebanon; I know they spent a nicer Eid than we did here. I love living in American and being Arab-American, but I just wish I could change the way Eid is celebrated here. To understand how I feel—Could you imagine celebrating Christmas in Saudi Arabia?

I feel sad being so far from my mom. My mother is my best friend, and I’m used to having her presence around. She’ll be coming home soon, so I can’t wait, and the only person more excited about her coming back is my husband. Good mother-in-law—son-in-law relationships are hard to find, and I feel blessed that my husband and my mom have a GREAT relationship.

It’s usually after I leave Lebanon that I miss it so much, and yet I hate Lebanon when I’m there. Blugh, the traffic is so horrible, and the weather is so hot, and in the winter, traffic is the same, only it is freezing cold weather. Then I remember the nice people that will bend over backwards to be “at your service”. Is it in their nature or is it the American dollar talking? Is it just me or does it seem like customer service has completely disappeared in Shreveport?